Compositions and Methods for the Therapy and Diagnosis of Influenza

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides compositions, vaccines, and methods for diagnosing, treating, and preventing influenza infection using a combination of antibodies raised against the influenza hemagglutinin and the matrix 2 ectodomain polypeptides.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of provisional application U.S. Ser.No. 61/442,733, filed Feb. 14, 2011, the contents of which are hereinincorporated by reference in their entirety.

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The contents of the text file named “37418-518001US_ST25.txt,” which wascreated on Jan. 6, 2012 and is 910 KB in size, are hereby incorporatedby reference in their entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to prevention, diagnosis,therapy and monitoring of influenza infection. The invention is morespecifically related to compositions containing a combination of humanantibodies raised against either the influenza hemagglutinin or matrix 2protein. Such compositions are useful in pharmaceutical compositions forthe prevention and treatment of influenza, and for the diagnosis andmonitoring of influenza infection.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Influenza virus infects 5-20% of the population and results in30,000-50,000 deaths each year in the U.S. Disease caused by influenza Aviral infections is typified by its cyclical nature. Antigenic drift andshift allow for different A strains to emerge every year. Added to that,the threat of highly pathogenic strains entering into the generalpopulation has stressed the need for novel therapies for flu infections.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention provides diagnostic, prophylactic, and therapeuticcompositions including a human antibody raised against the Influenzahemagglutinin protein and a human monoclonal antibody raised against theInfluenza M2 protein. Moreover, the invention provides diagnostic,prophylactic, and therapeutic compositions including an isolated humanantibody raised against an epitope of the Influenza hemagglutininprotein and an isolated human monoclonal antibody raised against anepitope of the Influenza M2 protein. Furthermore, these compositions arepharmaceutical compositions that include a pharmaceutical carrier. Thesecompositions address a long-felt need in the art for pharmaceuticalcompositions that both strongly neutralizes Influenza virus infectionand recognizes constant regions within proteins common to all Influenzastrains.

Specifically, the invention provides a composition including: (a) anisolated human antibody that specifically binds to an epitope of thehemagglutinin (HA) glycoprotein of an influenza virus; and (b) anisolated human monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to an epitopein the extracellular domain of the matrix 2 ectodomain (M2e) polypeptideof an influenza virus. In certain embodiments of this composition, theisolated human monoclonal antibody that specifically binds an epitope ofthe M2e polypeptide is TCN-032 (8I10), 21B15, TCN-031 (23K12), 3241_G23,3244_I10, 3243_J07, 3259_J21, 3245_O19, 3244_H04, 3136_G05, 3252_C13,3255 J06, 3420_I23, 3139_P23, 3248_P18, 3253_P10, 3260_D19, 3362_B11, or3242_P05. Moreover, the isolated human antibody that specifically bindsan epitope of the HA glycoprotein is optionally TCN-522 (3212_I12),TCN-521 (3280_D18), TCN-523 (5248_A17), TCN-563 (5237_B21), TCN-526(5084_C17), TCN-527 (5086_C06), TCN-528 (5087_P17), TCN-529 (5297_H01),TCN-530 (5248_H10), TCN-531 (5091_H13), TCN-532 (5262_H18), TCN-533(5256_A17), TCN-534 (5249_B02), TCN-535 (5246_P19), TCN-536 (5095_N01),TCN-537 (3194_D21), TCN-538 (3206_O17), TCN-539 (5056_A08), TCN-540(5060_F05), TCN-541 (5062_M11), TCN-542 (5079_A16), TCN-543 (5081_G23),TCN-544 (5082_A19), TCN-545 (5082_I15), TCN-546 (5089_L08), TCN-547(5092_F 11), TCN-548 (5092_P01), TCN-549 (5092_P04), TCN-550 (5096_F06),TCN-551 (5243_D01), TCN-552 (5249_I23), TCN-553 (5261_C18), TCN-554(5277_M05), TCN-555 (5246_L16), TCN-556 (5089_K12), TCN-557 (5081_A04),TCN 558 (5248_H10b), TCN-559 (5097_G08), TCN-560 (5084_P10), TCN-504(3251_K17), SC06-141, SC06-255, SC06-257, SC06-260, SC06-261, SC06-262,SC06-268, SC06-272, SC06-296, SC06-301, SC06-307, SC06-310, SC06-314,SC06-323, SC06-325, SC06-327, SC06-328, SC06-329, SC06-331, SC06-332,SC06-334, SC06-336, SC06-339, SC06-342, SC06-343, SC06-344, CR6141,CR6255, CR6257, CR6260, CR6261, CR6262, CR6268, CR6272, CR6296, CR6301,CR6307, CR6310, CR6314, CR6323, CR6325, CR6327, CR6328, CR6329, CR6331,CR6332, CR6334, CR6336, CR6339, CR6342, CR6343, CR6344, 2A, D7, D8, F10,G17, H40, A66, D80, E88, E90, or H98.

The epitope of the HA glycoprotein is optionally GVTNKVNSIIDK (SEQ IDNO: 198), GVTNKVNSIINK (SEQ ID NO: 283), GVTNKENSIIDK (SEQ ID NO: 202),GVTNKVNRIIDK (SEQ ID NO: 201), GITNKVNSVIEK (SEQ ID NO: 281),GITNKENSVIEK (SEQ ID NO: 257), GITNKVNSIIDK (SEQ ID NO: 225), andKITSKVNNIVDK (SEQ ID NO: 216). The influenza hemaglutinin (HA)glycoprotein includes an HA1 and HA2 subunit. Exemplary epitopes of theHA glycoprotein include the HA1 subunit, HA2 subunit, or both the HA1and HA2 subunits. Alternatively, or in addition, the epitope of the M2epolypeptide is a discontinuous epitope. For example, the epitope of theM2e polypeptide includes the amino acid at positions 2, 5, and 6 ofMSLLTEVETPTRNEWGCRCNDSSD (SEQ ID NO: 1) or the amino acid at positions2, 5, and 6 of SLLTEV (SEQ ID NO: 42).

The invention further provides a composition including: (a) an isolatedhuman anti-HA antibody, or an antigen-binding fragment thereof,including a heavy chain variable region (VH) domain and a light chainvariable (VL) domain, wherein the VH domain and the VL domain eachcontain three complementarity determining regions 1 to 3 (CDR1-3), andwherein each CDR includes the following amino acid sequences: VH CDR1:SEQ ID NOs: 247, 571, 586, 597, 603, 609, 615, 627, 633, 637, 643, 649,658, 664, 670, 303, 251, 242, or 222; VH CDR2: SEQ ID NOs: 248, 572,587, 592, 598, 604, 610, 616, 628, 634, 638, 644, 650, 655, 659, 665,671, 306, 249, 307, or 221; VH CDR3: SEQ ID NOs: 568, 573, 588, 593,599, 605, 611, 617, 629, 635, 639, 645, 651, 656, 660, 666, 672, 725,246, 290, or 220; VL CDR1: SEQ ID NOs: 569, 574, 577, 580, 583, 589,594, 612, 618, 621, 624, 640, 646, 652, 661, 667, 285, 289, 245, 224, or219; VL CDR2: SEQ ID NOs: 570, 575, 578, 581, 584, 590, 595, 601, 607,613, 619, 622, 625, 631, 653, 662, 668, 305, 223, or 231;VL CDR3: SEQ IDNOs: 289, 576, 579, 582, 585, 591, 596, 602, 608, 614, 620, 623, 626,632, 636, 642, 648, 654, 657, 663, 669, 308, 250, 227, or 280; and (b)an isolated anti-matrix 2 ectodomain (M2e) antibody, or antigen-bindingfragment thereof, including a heavy chain variable (VH) domain and alight chain variable (VL) domain, wherein the VH domain and the VLdomain each contain three complementarity determining regions 1 to 3(CDR1-3), and wherein each CDR includes the following amino acidsequences: VH CDR1: SEQ ID NOs: 72, 103, 179, 187, 203, 211, 228, 252,260, 268, 284, 293, or 301; VH CDR2: SEQ ID NOs: 74, 105, 180, 188, 204,212, 229, 237, 253, 261, 269, 285, or 294; VH CDR3 SEQ ID NOs: 76, 107,181, 189, 197, 205, 213, 230, 238, 254, 262, 270, 286, or 295; VL CDR1:SEQ ID NOs: 59, 92, 184, 192, 208, 192, 233, 241, 265, or 273; VL CDR2:SEQ ID NOs: 61, 94, 185, 193, 209, 217, 226, 234, 258, 274, or 282; andVL CDR3: SEQ ID NOs: 63, 96, 186, 194, 210, 218, 243, 259, 267, 275,291, or 300.

Alternatively, or in addition, the invention provides a compositionincluding: (a) an isolated human anti-HA antibody, or an antigen-bindingfragment thereof, including a heavy chain variable region (VH) domainand a light chain variable (VL) domain, wherein the VH domain and the VLdomain each contain three complementarity determining regions 1 to 3(CDR1-3), and wherein each CDR includes the following amino acidsequences: VH CDR1: SEQ ID NOs: 247, 571, 586, 597, 603, 609, 615, 627,633, 637, 643, 649, 658, 664, 670, 303, 251, 242, or 222; VH CDR2: SEQID NOs: 248, 572, 587, 592, 598, 604, 610, 616, 628, 634, 638, 644, 650,655, 659, 665, 671, 306, 249, 307, or 221; VH CDR3: SEQ ID NOs: 568,573, 588, 593, 599, 605, 611, 617, 629, 635, 639, 645, 651, 656, 660,666, 672, 725, 246, 290, or 220; VL CDR1: SEQ ID NOs: 569, 574, 577,580, 583, 589, 594, 612, 618, 621, 624, 640, 646, 652, 661, 667, 285,289, 245, 224, or 219; VL CDR2: SEQ ID NOs: 570, 575, 578, 581, 584,590, 595, 601, 607, 613, 619, 622, 625, 631, 653, 662, 668, 305, 223, or231; VL CDR3: SEQ ID NOs: 289, 576, 579, 582, 585, 591, 596, 602, 608,614, 620, 623, 626, 632, 636, 642, 648, 654, 657, 663, 669, 308, 250,227, or 280; and (b) an isolated anti-matrix 2 ectodomain (M2e)antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, including a heavy chainvariable (VH) domain and a light chain variable (VL) domain, wherein theVH domain and the VL domain each contain three complementaritydetermining regions 1 to 3 (CDR1-3), and wherein each CDR includes thefollowing amino acid sequences: VH CDR1: SEQ ID NOs: 109, 112, 182, 190,206, 214, 239, 255, 263, 271, 287, 296, or 304; VH CDR2: SEQ ID NOs:110, 113, 183, 191, 207, 215, 232, 240, 256, 264, 272, 288, or 297; VHCDR3 SEQ ID NOs: 76, 107, 181, 189, 197, 205, 213, 230, 238, 254, 262,270, 286, or 295; VL CDR1: SEQ ID NOs: 59, 92, 184, 192, 208, 192, 233,241, 265, or 273; VL CDR2: SEQ ID NOs: 61, 94, 185, 193, 209, 217, 226,234, 258, 274, or 282; and VL CDR3: SEQ ID NOs: 63, 96, 186, 194, 210,218, 243, 259, 267, 275, 291, or 300.

The invention provides a composition including: (a) an isolated humananti-HA antibody, or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, including aheavy chain variable region (VH) domain, wherein the VH domain includesthe following amino acid sequences: SEQ ID NOs 309, 313, 317, 321, 325,329, 333, 337, 341, 345, 349, 353, 357, 361, 365, 369, 373, 377, 381,385, 389, 393, 397, 401, 405, 409, 199, 417, 423, 429, 435, 441, 447,453, 459, 465, 471, 477, 483, 489, 495, 501, 507, 513, 519, 525, 531,537, 543, 550, 556, or 562, and a light chain variable (VL) domain,wherein the VL domain includes the following amino acid sequences: SEQID NOs 310, 314, 318, 322, 326, 330, 334, 338, 342, 346, 350, 354, 358,362, 366, 370, 374, 378, 382, 386, 390, 394, 398, 402, 406, 410, 414,420, 426, 432, 438, 444, 450, 456, 462, 468, 474, 480, 486, 492, 498,504, 510, 516, 522, 528, 534, 540, 547, 553, 559, or 565; and (b) anisolated anti-matrix 2 ectodomain (M2e) antibody, or antigen-bindingfragment thereof, including a heavy chain variable (VH) domain, whereinthe VH domain includes the following amino acid sequences: SEQ ID NOs44, 277, 276, 50, 236, 235, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 144, 148,152, 156, 160, 164, 168, 172, or 176, and a light chain variable (VL)domain, wherein the VL domain includes the following amino acidsequences: SEQ ID NOs 46, 292, 52, 118, 122, 126, 130, 134, 138, 142,146, 150, 154, 158, 162, 166, 170, or 178.

Furthermore, the invention provides a multivalent vaccine compositionincluding any of the compositions described herein containing anisolated human anti-HA antibody, or an antigen-binding fragment thereofand an isolated anti-matrix 2 ectodomain (M2e) antibody, orantigen-binding fragment thereof. Alternatively, the multivalent vaccineincludes antibodies that bind to the epitopes to which the antibodies ofthe invention bind. Exemplary antibodies of the invention include, butare not limited to, TCN-032 (8I10), 21B15, TCN-031 (23K12), 3241_G23,3244_I10, 3243_J07, 3259_J21, 3245_O19, 3244_H04, 3136_G05, 3252_C13,3255_J06, 3420_I23, 3139_P23, 3248_P18, 3253_P10, 3260_D19, 3362_B11,3242_P05, TCN-522 (3212_I12), TCN-521 (3280_D18), TCN-523 (5248_A17),TCN-563 (5237_B21), TCN-526 (5084_C17), TCN-527 (5086_C06), TCN-528(5087_P17), TCN-529 (5297_H01), TCN-530 (5248_H10), TCN-531 (5091_H13),TCN-532 (5262_H18), TCN-533 (5256_A17), TCN-534 (5249_B02), TCN-535(5246_P19), TCN-536 (5095_N01), TCN-537 (3194_D21), TCN-538 (3206_O17),TCN-539 (5056_A08), TCN-540 (5060_F05), TCN-541 (5062_M11), TCN-542(5079_A16), TCN-543 (5081_G23), TCN-544 (5082_A19), TCN-545 (5082_I15),TCN-546 (5089_L08), TCN-547 (5092_F11), TCN-548 (5092_P01), TCN-549(5092_P04), TCN-550 (5096_F06), TCN-551 (5243_D01), TCN-552 (5249_I23),TCN-553 (5261_C18), TCN-554 (5277_M05), TCN-555 (5246_L16), TCN-556(5089_K12), TCN-557 (5081_A04), TCN 558 (5248_H10b), TCN-559 (5097_G08),TCN-560 (5084_P10), TCN-504 (3251_K17), SC06-141, SC06-255, SC06-257,SC06-260, SC06-261, SC06-262, SC06-268, SC06-272, SC06-296, SC06-301,SC06-307, 5C06-310, SC06-314, SC06-323, SC06-325, SC06-327, SC06-328,SC06-329, SC06-331, SC06-332, SC06-334, SC06-336, SC06-339, SC06-342,SC06-343, SC06-344, CR6141, CR6255, CR6257, CR6260, CR6261, CR6262,CR6268, CR6272, CR6296, CR6301, CR6307, CR6310, CR6314, CR6323, CR6325,CR6327, CR6328, CR6329, CR6331, CR6332, CR6334, CR6336, CR6339, CR6342,CR6343, CR6344, D7, D8, F10, G17, H40, A66, D80, E88, E90, and H98. Forexample, the multivalent vaccine may include one or more of thefollowing epitopes: GVTNKVNSIIDK (SEQ ID NO: 198), GVTNKVNSIINK (SEQ IDNO: 283), GVTNKENSIIDK (SEQ ID NO: 202), GVTNKVNRIIDK (SEQ ID NO: 201),GITNKVNSVIEK (SEQ ID NO: 281), GITNKENSVIEK (SEQ ID NO: 257),GITNKVNSIIDK (SEQ ID NO: 225), KITSKVNNIVDK (SEQ ID NO: 216),MSLLTEVETPTRNEWGCRCNDSSD (SEQ ID NO: 1), and MSLLTEVETPTRNEWGCRCNDSSD(SEQ ID NO: 1) provided in its native conformation.

The multivalent vaccine also includes a composition including: (a) ahuman antibody that specifically binds to an epitope of thehemagglutinin (HA) glycoprotein of an influenza virus; and (b) a humanmonoclonal antibody that specifically binds to an epitope in theextracellular domain of the matrix 2 ectodomain (M2e) polypeptide of aninfluenza virus.

The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition including any one ofthe compositions described herein. Moreover, the pharmaceuticalcomposition includes a pharmaceutical carrier.

The invention provides a method for stimulating an immune response in asubject, including administering to the subject the pharmaceuticalcomposition described herein. The pharmaceutical composition mayadministered prior to or after exposure of the subject to an Influenzavirus.

The invention also provides a method for the treatment of an influenzavirus infection in a subject in need thereof, including administering tothe subject the pharmaceutical composition described herein. Thesubjection may have been exposed to an influenza virus. Alternatively,or in addition, the subject has not been diagnosed with an influenzainfection. The pharmaceutical composition may administered prior to orafter exposure of the subject to an Influenza virus. Preferably, thepharmaceutical composition is administered at a dose sufficient topromote viral clearance or eliminate influenza infected cells.

The invention further provides a method for the prevention of aninfluenza virus infection in a subject in need thereof, includingadministering to the subject a vaccine composition described herein,prior to exposure of the subject to an influenza virus. In certainembodiments of this method, the subject is at risk of contracting aninfluenza infection. The pharmaceutical composition may administeredprior to or after exposure of the subject to an Influenza virus.Preferably, the pharmaceutical composition is administered at a dosesufficient to promote viral clearance or eliminate influenza infectedcells.

The treatment and prevention methods provided by the invention furtherinclude administering an anti-viral drug, a viral entry inhibitor or aviral attachment inhibitor. Exemplary anti-viral drugs include, but arenot limited to, a neuraminidase inhibitor, a HA inhibitor, a sialic acidinhibitor, or an M2 ion channel inhibitor. In certain aspects of thesemethods, the M2 ion channel inhibitor is amantadine or rimantadine. Inother aspects of these methods, the neuraminidase inhibitor is zanamiviror oseltamivir phosphate. The antiviral drug may administered prior toor after exposure of the subject to an Influenza virus.

The treatment and prevention methods provided by the invention furtherinclude administering a second anti-Influenza A antibody. The secondantibody is optionally an antibody described herein. The second antibodymay administered prior to or after exposure of the subject to anInfluenza virus.

The invention provides a method for determining the presence of anInfluenza virus infection in a subject, including the steps of: (a)contacting a biological sample obtained from the subject with any one ofthe antibodies or pharmaceutical compositions described herein; (b)detecting an amount of the antibody that binds to the biological sample;and (c) comparing the amount of antibody that binds to the biologicalsample to a control value, and therefrom determining the presence of theInfluenza virus in the subject. Optionally, the control value isdetermined by contacting a control sample obtained from the subject withany one of the antibodies or pharmaceutical compositions describedherein and detecting an amount of the antibody that binds to the controlsample.

The invention also provides a diagnostic kit including any one of theantibodies, compositions, or pharmaceutical compositions describedherein.

The invention further provides a prophylactic kit including a vaccinecomposition described herein. Preferably, the vaccine is a multivalentvaccine. The term “multivalent vaccine” describes a single vaccine thatelicits an immune response either to more than one infectious agent,e.g. the influenza HA glycoprotein and the influenza M2e polypeptide, orto several different epitopes of a molecule, e.g. HA epitopes shown inSEQ ID NOs 198, 283, 202, 201, 281, 257, 225, and 216. Alternatively, orin addition, the term multivalent vaccine is meant to describe theadministration of a combination of human antibodies raised against morethan one infectious agent, e.g. the influenza HA glycoprotein and theinfluenza M2e polypeptide.

Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from andare encompassed by the following detailed description and claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows the binding of three antibodies of the present inventionand control hu14C2 antibody to 293-HEK cells transfected with an M2expression construct or control vector, in the presence or absence offree M2 peptide.

FIGS. 2A and B are graphs showing human monoclonal antibody binding toinfluenza A/Puerto Rico/8/32.

FIG. 3A is a chart showing amino acid sequences of extracellular domainsof M2 variants (SEQ ID NOS 1-3, 679 & 5-40, respectively, in order ofappearance).

FIGS. 3B and C are bar charts showing binding of human monoclonalanti-influenza antibody binding to M2 variants shown in FIG. 3A.

FIGS. 4A and B are bar charts showing binding of human monoclonalanti-influenza antibody binding to M2 peptides subjected to alaninescanning mutagenesis.

FIG. 5 is a series of bar charts showing binding of MAbs 8i10 and 23K12to M2 protein representing influenza strain A/HK/483/1997 sequence thatwas stably expressed in the CHO cell line DG44.

FIG. 6A is a chart showing cross reactivity binding of anti-M2antibodies to variant M2 peptides (SEQ ID NOS 680-704, respectively, inorder of appearance).

FIG. 6B is a chart showing binding activity of M2 antibodies totruncated M2 peptides (SEQ ID NOS 680, 705-724 & 19, respectively, inorder of appearance).

FIG. 7 is a graph showing survival of influenza infected mice treatedwith human anti-influenza monoclonal antibodies.

FIG. 8 is an illustration showing the anti-M2 antibodies bind a highlyconserved region in the N-Terminus of M2e (SEQ ID NO: 19).

FIG. 9 is a graph showing anti-M2 rHMAb clones from crude supernatantbound to influenza on ELISA, whereas the control anti-M2e mAb 14C2 didnot readily bind virus.

FIG. 10 is a series of photographs showing anti-M2 rHMAbs bound to cellsinfected with influenza. MDCK cells were or were not infected withinfluenza A/PR/8/32 and Ab binding from crude supernatant was tested 24hours later. Data were gathered from the FMAT plate scanner.

FIG. 11 is a graph showing anti-M2 rHMAb clones from crude supernatantbound to cells transfected with the influenza subtypes H3N2, HK483, andVN1203 M2 proteins. Plasmids encoding full length M2 cDNAs correspondingto influenza strains H3N2, HK483, and VN1203, as well as a mock plasmidcontrol, were transiently transfected into 293 cells. The 14C2, 8i10,23K12, and 21B15 mABs were tested for binding to the transfectants, andwere detected with an AF647-conjugated anti-human IgG secondaryantibody. Shown are the mean fluorescence intensities of the specificmAB bound after FACS analysis.

FIGS. 12A-B are amino acid sequences of the variable regions of anti-M2emAbs. Framework regions 1-4 (FR 1-4) and complementarity determiningregions 1-3 (CDR 1-3) for VH and Vk are shown. FR, CDR, and gene namesare defined using the nomenclature in the IMGT database (IMGT®, theInternational ImMunoGeneTics Information system® http://www.imgt.org).Grey boxes denote identity with the germline sequence which is shown inlight blue boxes, hyphens denote gaps, and white boxes are amino acidreplacement mutations from the germline.

FIG. 13 is a graph depicting the results of a competition bindinganalysis of a panel of anti-M2e mAbs with TCN-032 Fab. The indicatedanti-M2e mAbs were used to bind to the stable CHO transfectantexpressing M2 of A/Hong Kong/483/97 that had previously been treatedwith or without 10 μg/mL TCN-032 Fab fragment. The anti-M2e mAb bound tothe cell surface was detected with goat anti-huIgG FcAlexafluor488 FACSand analyzed by flow cytometry. The results are derived from oneexperiment.

FIG. 14A is a graph depicting the ability of anti-M2e mAbs TCN-032 andTCN-031 to bind virus particles and virus-infected cells but notM2e-derived synthetic peptide. Purified influenza virus (A/PuertoRico/8/34) was coated at 10 μg/ml on ELISA wells and binding of anti-M2emAbs TCN-031, TCN-032, ch14C2, and the HCMV mAbs 2N9 was evaluated usingHRP-labeled goat anti-human Fc. Results shown are representative of 3experiments.

FIG. 14B is a graph depicting the ability of anti-M2e mAbs TCN-032 andTCN-031 to bind virus particles and virus-infected cells but notM2e-derived synthetic peptide. 23 mer synthetic peptide of M2 derivedfrom A/Fort Worth/1/50 was coated at 1 μg/ml on ELISA wells and bindingof mAbs TCN-031, TCN-032, ch14C2, and 2N9 were evaluated as in panel a.Results shown are representative of 3 experiments.

FIG. 14C is a graph depicting the ability of anti-M2e mAbs TCN-032 andTCN-031 to bind virus particles and virus-infected cells but notM2e-derived synthetic peptide. MDCK cells were infected with A/PuertoRico/8/34 (PR8) and subsequently stained with mAbs TCN-031, TCN-032,ch14C2 and the HCMV mAb 5J12. Binding of antibodies was detected usingAlexafluor 647-conjugated goat anti-Human IgG H&L antibody andquantified by flow cytometry. Results shown are representative of 3experiments.

FIG. 14D is a series of photographs depicting HEK 293 cells stablytransfected with the M2 ectodomain of A/Fort Worth/1/50 (D20) werestained with transient transfection supernatant containing mAbs TCN-031,TCN-032, or the control ch14C2 and analyzed by FMAT for binding to M2 inthe presence or absence of 5 ug/ml M2e peptide. Mock transfected cellsare 293 cells stably transfected with vector alone. Results shown arerepresentative of one experiment.

FIGS. 15A-D are graphs depicting the Therapeutic efficacy of anti-M2mAbs TCN-031 and TCN-032 in mice. Mice (n=10) were infected byintranasal inoculation with 5×_(LD50) A/Vietnam/1203/04 (H5N1) (panelsA-B) or (n=5) with 5×_(LD50) A/Puerto Rico 8/34 (H1N1) (panels C-D),followed by 3 intraperitoneal (ip) injections with mAbs at 24, 72, and120 hours post-infection (a total of 3 mAb injections per mouse) andweighed daily for 14 days. Percentage survival is shown in a and c,whereas percent weight change of mice is shown in B and D. The resultsshown for the treatment study of mice infected with A/Vietnam/1203/04(H5N1) are representative of 2 experiments.

FIG. 16 is a series of graphs depicting the viral titers in lung, liver,and brain of mice treated with anti-M2e mAbs TCN-031 and TCN-032 afterchallenge with H5N1 A/Vietnam/1203/04. BALB/C mice (n=19) were treatedi.p. injection of a 400 μg/200 μL dose of TCN-031, TCN-032, controlhuman mAb 2N9, control chimeric mAb ch14C2, PBS, or left untreated.Tissue viral titers were determined from 3 mice per group at 3 and 6days post-infection in the lungs (as an indicator of local replication)and in liver and brain (as an indicator of the systemic spread which ischaracteristic of H5N1 infection).

FIG. 17 is a graph depicting the ability of TCN-031 and TCN-032 canpotentiate cytolysis by NK cells. MDCK cells were infected withA/Solomon Island/3/2006 (H1N1) virus, and were treated with mAbsTCN-031, TCN-032, or the subclass-matched negative control mAb 2N9. Thecells were then challenged with purified human NK cells, and the lactatedehydrogenase released as a result of cell lysis was measured throughlight absorbance. The results are representative of two separateexperiments with two different normal human donors.

FIG. 18 is a graph depicting complement-dependent cytolysis (CDC) ofM2-expressing cells bound with anti-M2 mAb. The stable transfectantexpressing M2 of A/Hong Kong/483/97 and a mock control were treated withthe indicated mAbs and subsequently challenged with human complement.Lysed cells were visualized by Propidium Iodide staining followed byFACS analysis. The data are representative of two experiments.

FIGS. 19A-C are graphs depicting binding of anti-M2e mAbs TCN-031 andTCN-032 to M2 mutants indicates the epitope is located in the highlyconserved N-terminal of M2e. Mutants with alanine substituted at eachposition of the M2 ectodomain of A/Fort Worth/1/50 (D20) (A) or fortywild-type M2 mutants including A/Vietnam/1203/04 (VN) and A/HongKong/483/97 (HK) (B) were transiently transfected into 293 cells. Theidentity of each wild-type M2 mutant is listed in Table 6. Transfectedcells were stained with mAbs TCN-031, TCN-032, or the control ch14C2 andanalyzed by FACS for binding to M2 at 24 hours post-transfection. mAbsTCN-031 and TCN-032 do not bind variants with amino acid substitutionsat positions 1, 4, or 5 of M2e. (C) The deduced epitope for TCN-031 andTCN-032 occurs in a highly conserved region of M2e and is distinct fromthat found for ch14C2. Results shown for (A) and (B) are representativeof 3 experiments.

FIG. 20 is a graph depicting mAbs TCN-031 and TCN-032 recognize the sameregion on M2e. The CHO transfectant stably expressing M2 for A/HongKong/483/97 as stained with 10 μg/mL TCN-031, TCN-032, or 2N9, followedby detection with Alexafluor647-labeled TCN-031 (TCN-031AF647) orTCN-032(TCN-032AF647) and analysis by flow cytometry. The results arerepresentative of three experiments.

FIG. 21 is a graph depicting anti-M2e mAbs TCN-031 and TCN-032 bindcells that have been infected with H1N1 A/California/4/09. MDCK cellswere infected with Influenza A strain H1N1 A/Memphis/14/96, H1N1A/California/4/09, or mock infected. Twenty four hours post-infectioncells were stained with mAbs TCN-031, TCN-032, or the control ch14C2 andanalyzed by FACS for binding to M2. Results shown are for oneexperiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Influenza viruses consist of three types, A, B and C. Influenza Aviruses infect a wide variety of birds and mammals, including humans,horses, marine mammals, pigs, ferrets, and chickens. In animals mostinfluenza A viruses cause mild localized infections of the respiratoryand intestinal tract. However, highly pathogenic influenza A strainssuch as H5N1 exist that cause systemic infections in poultry in whichmortality may reach 100%. Animals infected with influenza A often act asa reservoir for the influenza viruses and certain subtypes have beenshown to cross the species barrier to humans.

Influenza A viruses can be classified into subtypes based on allelicvariations in antigenic regions of two genes that encode surfaceglycoproteins, namely, hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) whichare required for viral attachment and cellular release. Other majorviral proteins include the nucleoprotein, the nucleocapsid structuralprotein, membrane proteins (M1 and M2), polymerases (PA, PB and PB2) andnon-structural proteins (NS1 and NS2). Currently, sixteen subtypes of HA(H1-H16) and nine NA (N1-N9) antigenic variants are known in influenza Avirus. Previously, only three subtypes have been known to circulate inhumans (H1N1, H1N2, and H3N2).

However, in recent years, the pathogenic H5N1 subtype of avian influenzaA has been reported to cross the species barrier and infect humans asdocumented in Hong Kong in 1997 and 2003, leading to the death ofseveral patients. In humans, the avian influenza virus infects cells ofthe respiratory tract as well as the intestinal tract, liver, spleen,kidneys and other organs. Symptoms of avian influenza infection includefever, respiratory difficulties including shortness of breath and cough,lymphopenia, diarrhea and difficulties regulating blood sugar levels. Incontrast to seasonal influenza, the group most at risk is healthyadults, which make up the bulk of the population. Due to the highpathogenicity of certain avian influenza A subtypes, particularly H5N1,and their demonstrated ability to cross over to infect humans, there isa significant economic and public health risk associated with theseviral strains, including a real epidemic and pandemic threat. The scaleof the threat is illustrated by the 1918 influenza pandemic which killedover 50 million people.

Currently, no effective vaccines for H5N1 infection are available, sopassive immunotherapy with immunoglobulins may be an alternativestrategy. Use of passive immunization during the 1918 pandemicreportedly halved the death rate. In view of their therapeutic benefitin humans, there is thus a need for antibodies, preferably humanantibodies, capable of neutralizing influenza infection, including H5N1.

The invention provides compositions including human antibodies raisedagainst two influenza proteins, hemagglutinin (HA) and matrix 2ectodomain (M2e), and shows that these compositions can be used inmedicine, in particular for diagnosis, prevention and treatment ofinfluenza infections, including H5N1.

HuM2e Antibodies

The present invention provides fully human monoclonal antibodiesspecifically directed against M2e. Optionally, the antibody is isolatedform a B-cell from a human donor. Exemplary monoclonal antibodiesinclude TCN-032 (8I10), 21B15, TCN-031 (23K12), 3241_G23, 3244_I10,3243_J07, 3259_J21, 3245_O19, 3244_H04, 3136_G05, 3252_C13, 3255_J06,3420_I23, 3139_P23, 3248_P18, 3253_P10, 3260_D19, 3362_B11, and3242_P05.described herein. Alternatively, the monoclonal antibody is anantibody that binds to the same epitope as TCN-032 (8I10), 21B15,TCN-031 (23K12), 3241_G23, 3244_I10, 3243_J07, 3259_J21, 3245_O19,3244_H04, 3136_G05, 3252_C13, 3255_J06, 3420_I23, 3139_P23, 3248_P18,3253_P10, 3260_D19, 3362_B11, and 3242_P05. The antibodies respectivelyreferred to herein are huM2e antibodies. The huM2e antibody has one ormore of the following characteristics: a) binds to an epitope in theextracellular domain of the matrix 2 ectodomain (M2e) polypeptide of aninfluenza virus; b) binds to influenza A infected cells; or c) binds toinfluenza A virus.

The epitope that huM2e antibody binds to is a non-linear epitope of a M2polypeptide. Preferably, the epitope includes the amino terminal regionof the M2e polypeptide. More preferably the epitope wholly or partiallyincludes the amino acid sequence SLLTEV (SEQ ID NO: 42). Mostpreferably, the epitope includes the amino acid at position 2, 5 and 6of the M2e polypeptide when numbered in accordance with SEQ ID NO: 1.The amino acid at position 2 is a serine; at position 5 is a threonine;and at position 6 is a glutamic acid.

A huM2e antibody contains a heavy chain variable having the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NOs: 44, 277, 276, 50, 236, 235, 116, 120, 124, 128,132, 136, 140, 144, 148, 152, 156, 160, 164, 168, 172, or 176 and alight chain variable having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOs: 46,52, 118, 122, 126, 130, 134, 138, 142, 146, 150, 154, 158, 162, 166,170, 174, or 178. Preferably, the three heavy chain CDRs include anamino acid sequence at least 90%, 92%, 95%, 97% 98%, 99% or moreidentical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOs: 72, 74, 76, 103,105, 107, 179, 180, 181, 187, 188, 189, 197, 203, 204, 205, 21, 212,213, 228, 229, 230, 237, 238, 252, 253, 254, 260, 261, 262, 268, 269,270, 284, 285, 286, 293, 294, 295, and 301 (as determined by the Kabatmethod) or SEQ ID NOs: 109, 110, 76, 112, 113, 107, 182, 183, 181, 190,191, 189, 197, 206, 207, 205, 214, 215, 213, 232, 230, 239, 240, 238,255, 256, 254, 263, 264, 262, 271, 272, 270, 287, 288, 286, 296, 297,295, and 304 (as determined by the Chothia method) and a light chainwith three CDRs that include an amino acid sequence at least 90%, 92%,95%, 97% 98%, 99% or more identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNOs: 59, 60, 61, 92, 94, 96, 184, 185, 186, 192, 193, 194, 208, 209,210, 217, 218, 226, 223, 234, 241, 243, 258, 259, 265, 267, 273, 274,275, 282, 291, and 300 (as determined by the Kabat method) or SEQ IDNOs: 59, 60, 61, 92, 94, 96, 184, 185, 186, 192, 193, 194, 208, 209,210, 217, 218, 226, 223, 234, 241, 243, 258, 259, 265, 267, 273, 274,275, 282, 291, and 300 (as determined by the Chothia method). Theantibody binds M2e.

The heavy chain of a M2e antibody is derived from a germ line V(variable) gene such as, for example, the IgHV4 or the IgHV3 germlinegene.

The M2e antibodies of the invention include a variable heavy chain(V_(H)) region encoded by a human IgHV4 or the IgHV3 germline genesequence. A IgHV4 germline gene sequence are shown, e.g., in Accessionnumbers L10088, M29812, M95114, X56360 and M95117. IgHV3 germline genesequence are shown, e.g., in Accession numbers X92218, X70208, Z27504,M99679 and AB019437. The M2e antibodies of the invention include a V_(H)region that is encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that is at least 80%homologous to the IgHV4 or the IgHV3 germline gene sequence. Preferably,the nucleic acid sequence is at least 90%, 95%, 96%, 97% homologous tothe IgHV4 or the IgHV3 germline gene sequence, and more preferably, atleast 98%, 99% homologous to the IgHV4 or the IgHV3 germline genesequence. The V_(H) region of the M2e antibody is at least 80%homologous to the amino acid sequence of the V_(H) region encoded by theIgHV4 or the IgHV3 V_(H) germline gene sequence. Preferably, the aminoacid sequence of V_(H) region of the M2e antibody is at least 90%, 95%,96%, 97% homologous to the amino acid sequence encoded by the IgHV4 orthe IgHV3 germline gene sequence, and more preferably, at least 98%, 99%homologous to the sequence encoded by the IgHV4 or the IgHV3 germlinegene sequence.

The M2e antibodies of the invention also include a variable light chain(V_(L)) region encoded by a human IgKV1 germline gene sequence. A humanIgKV1 V_(L) germline gene sequence is shown, e.g., Accession numbersX59315, X59312, X59318, J00248, and Y14865. Alternatively, the M2eantibodies include a V_(L) region that is encoded by a nucleic acidsequence that is at least 80% homologous to the IgKV1 germline genesequence. Preferably, the nucleic acid sequence is at least 90%, 95%,96%, 97% homologous to the IgKV1 germline gene sequence, and morepreferably, at least 98%, 99% homologous to the IgKV1 germline genesequence. The V_(L) region of the M2e antibody is at least 80%homologous to the amino acid sequence of the V_(L) region encoded theIgKV1 germline gene sequence. Preferably, the amino acid sequence ofV_(L) region of the M2e antibody is at least 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%homologous to the amino acid sequence encoded by the IgKV1 germline genesequence, and more preferably, at least 98%, 99% homologous to thesequence encoded by e the IgKV1 germline gene sequence.

In another aspect the invention provides a composition including anhuM2e antibody according to the invention. In various aspects thecomposition further includes an anti-viral drug, a viral entry inhibitoror a viral attachment inhibitor. The anti-viral drug is for example aneuraminidase inhibitor, a HA inhibitor, a sialic acid inhibitor or anM2 ion channel inhibitor. The M2 ion channel inhibitor is for exampleamantadine or rimantadine. The neuraminidase inhibitor for examplezanamivir, or oseltamivir phosphate. In a further aspect the compositionfurther includes a second anti-influenza A antibody.

In a further aspect the huM2e antibodies according to the invention areoperably-linked to a therapeutic agent or a detectable label.

Additionally, the invention provides methods for stimulating an immuneresponse, treating, preventing or alleviating a symptom of an influenzaviral infection by administering an huM2e antibody to a subject

Optionally, the subject is further administered with a second agent suchas, but not limited to, an influenza virus antibody, an anti-viral drugsuch as a neuraminidase inhibitor, a HA inhibitor, a sialic acidinhibitor or an M2 ion channel inhibitor, a viral entry inhibitor or aviral attachment inhibitor. The M2 ion channel inhibitor is, forexample, amantadine or rimantadine. The neuraminidase inhibitor is, forexample, zanamivir or oseltamivir phosphate. The subject is sufferingfrom or is predisposed to developing an influenza virus infection, suchas, for example, an autoimmune disease or an inflammatory disorder.

In another aspect, the invention provides methods of administering thehuM2e antibody of the invention to a subject prior to, and/or afterexposure to an influenza virus. For example, the huM2e antibody of theinvention is used to treat or prevent rejection influenza infection. ThehuM2e antibody is administered at a dose sufficient to promote viralclearance or eliminate influenza A infected cells.

Also included in the invention is a method for determining the presenceof an influenza virus infection in a patient, by contacting a biologicalsample obtained from the patient with a humM2e antibody; detecting anamount of the antibody that binds to the biological sample; andcomparing the amount of antibody that binds to the biological sample toa control value.

The invention further provides a diagnostic kit comprising a huM2eantibody.

Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from andare encompassed by the following detailed description and claims.

The present invention provides fully human monoclonal antibodiesspecific against the extracellular domain of the matrix 2 (M2)polypeptide. The antibodies are respectively referred to herein as huM2eantibodies.

M2 is a 96 amino acid transmembrane protein present as a homotetramer onthe surface of influenza virus and virally infected cells. M2 contains a23 amino acid ectodomain (M2e) that is highly conserved across influenzaA strains. Few amino acid changes have occurred since the 1918 pandemicstrain thus M2e is an attractive target for influenza therapies. Inprior studies, monoclonal antibodies specific to the M2 ectodomain (M2e)were derived upon immunizations with a peptide corresponding to thelinear sequence of M2e. In contrast, the present invention provides anovel process whereby full-length M2 is expressed in cell lines, whichallows for the identification of human antibodies that bound thiscell-expressed M2e. The huM2e antibodies have been shown to bindconformational determinants on the M2-transfected cells, as well asnative M2, either on influenza infected cells, or on the virus itself.The huM2e antibodies did not bind the linear M2e peptide, but they dobind several natural M2 variants, also expressed upon cDNA transfectioninto cell lines. Thus, this invention has allowed for the identificationand production of human monoclonal antibodies that exhibit novelspecificity for a very broad range of influenza A virus strains. Theseantibodies may be used diagnostically to identify influenza A infectionand therapeutically to treat influenza A infection.

The huM2e antibodies of the invention have one or more of the followingcharacteristics: the huM2e antibody binds a) to an epitope in theextracellular domain of the matrix 2 (M2) polypeptide of an influenzavirus; b) binds to influenza A infected cells; and/or c) binds toinfluenza A virus (i.e., virons). The huM2e antibodies of the inventioneliminate influenza infected cells through immune effector mechanisms,such as ADCC, and promote direct viral clearance by binding to influenzavirons. The huM2e antibodies of the invention bind to the amino-terminalregion of the M2e polypeptide. Preferably, the huM2e antibodies of theinvention bind to the amino-terminal region of the M2e polypeptidewherein the N-terminal methionine residue is absent. Exemplary M2esequences include those sequences listed on Table 1 below

TABLE 1 Type Name Subtype M2E Sequence SEQ ID NO A BREVIG MISSION.1.1918H1N1 MSLLTEVETPTRNEWGCRCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 1 A FORT MONMOUTH.1.1947 H1N1MSLLTEVETPTKNEWECRCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 2 A .SINGAPORE.02.2005 H3N2MSLLTEVETPIRNEWECRCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 3 A WISCONSIN.10.98 H1N1MSLLTEVETPIRNGWECKCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 4 A WISCONSIN.301.1976 H1N1MSLLTEVETPIRSEWGCRCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 5 A PANAMA.1.66 H2N2MSFLPEVETPIRNEWGCRCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 6 A NEW YORK.321.1999 H3N2MSLLTEVETPIRNEWGCRCNDSSN SEQ ID NO: 7 A CARACAS.1.71 H3N2MSLLTEVETPIRKEWGCRCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 8 A TAIWAN.3.71 H3N2MSFLTEVETPIRNEWGCRCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 9 A WUHAN.359.95 H3N2MSLPTEVETPIRSEWGCRCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 10 A HONG KONG.1144.99 H3N2MSLLPEVETPIRNEWGCRCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 11 A HONG KONG.1180.99 H3N2MSLLPEVETPIRNGWGCRCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 12 A HONG KONG.1774.99 H3N2MSLLTEVETPTRNGWECRCSGSSD SEQ ID NO: 13 A NEW YORK.217.02 H1N2MSLLTEVETPIRNEWEYRCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 14 A NEW YORK.300.2003 H1N2MSLLTEVETPIRNEWEYRCSDSSD SEQ ID NO: 15 A SWINE.SPAIN.54008.2004 H3N2MSLLTEVETPTRNGWECRYSDSSD SEQ ID NO: 16 A GUANGZHOU.333.99 H9N2MSFLTEVETLTRNGWECRCSDSSD SEQ ID NO: 17 A HONG KONG.1073.99 H9N2MSLLTEVETLTRNGWECKCRDSSD SEQ ID NO: 18 A HONG KONG.1.68 H3N2MSLLTEVETPIRNEWGCRCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 19 A SWINE.HONG H3N2MSLLTEVETPIRSEWGCRCNDSGD SEQ ID NO: 20 KONG.126.1982 A NEW YORK.703.1995H3N2 MSLLTEVETPIRNEWECRCNGSSD SEQ ID NO: 21 A SWINE.QUEBEC.192.81 H1N1MSLPTEVETPIRNEWGCRCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 22 A PUERTO RICO.8.34 H1N1MSLLTEVETPIRNEWGCRCNGSSD SEQ ID NO: 23 A HONG KONG.485.97 H5N1MSLLTEVDTLTRNGWGCRCSDSSD SEQ ID NO: 24 A HONG KONG.542.97 H5N1MSLLTEVETLTKNGWGCRCSDSSD SEQ ID NO: 25 A SILKY H9N2MSLLTEVETPTRNGWECKCSDSSD SEQ ID NO: 26 CHICKEN.SHANTOU.1826.2004 ACHICKEN.TAIWAN.0305.04 H6N1 MSLLTEVETHTRNGWECKCSDSSD SEQ ID NO: 27 AQUAIL.ARKANSAS.16309-7.94 H7N3NSA MSLLTEVKTPTRNGWECKCSDSSD SEQ ID NO: 28A HONG KONG.486.97 H5N1 MSLLTEVETLTRNGWGCRCSDSSD SEQ ID NO: 29 ACHICKEN.PENNSYLVANIA.13552- H7N2NSB MSLLTEVETPTRDGWECKCSDSSDSEQ ID NO: 30 1.98 A CHICKEN.HEILONGJIANG.48.01 H9N2MSLLTEVETPTRNGWGCRCSDSSD SEQ ID NO: 31 A SWINE.KOREA.S5.2005 H1N2MSLLTEVETPTRNGWECKCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 32 A HONG KONG.1073.99 H9N2MSLLTEVETLTRNGWECKCSDSSD SEQ ID NO: 33 A WISCONSIN.3523.88 H1N1MSLLTEVETPIRNEWGCKCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 34 A X-31 VACCINE STRAIN H3N2MSFLTEVETPIRNEWGCRCNGSSD SEQ ID NO: 35 A CHICKEN.ROSTOCK.8.1934 H7N1MSLLTEVETPTRNGWECRCNDSSD SEQ ID NO: 36 A ENVIRONMENT.NEW H7N2MSLLTEVETPIRKGWECNCSDSSD SEQ ID NO: 37 YORK.16326-1.2005 AINDONESIA.560H.2006 H5N1 MSLLTEVETPTRNEWECRCSDSSD SEQ ID NO: 38 ACHICKEN.HONG H9N2 MSLLTGVETHTRNGWGCKCSDSSD SEQ ID NO: 39 KONG.SF1.03 ACHICKEN.HONGKONG.YU427.03 H9N2 MSLLPEVETHTRNGWGCRCSDSSD SEQ ID NO: 40

In one embodiment, the huM2e antibodies of the invention bind to a M2ethat wholly or partially includes the amino acid residues from position2 to position 7 of M2e when numbered in accordance with SEQ ID NO: 1.For example, the huM2e antibodies of the invention bind wholly orpartially to the amino acid sequence SLLTEVET (SEQ ID NO: 41) Mostpreferably, the huM2e antibodies of the invention bind wholly orpartially to the amino acid sequence SLLTEV (SEQ ID NO: 42). Preferably,the huM2e antibodies of the invention bind to non-linear epitope of theM2e protein. For example, the huM2e antibodies bind to an epitopecomprising position 2, 5, and 6 of the M2e polypeptide when numbered inaccordance to SEQ ID NO: 1 where the amino acid at a) position 2 is aserine; b) position 5 is a threonine; and c) position 6 is a glutamicacid. Exemplary huM2e monoclonal antibodies that bind to this epitopeare the TCN-032 (8I10), 21B15, TCN-031 (23K12), 3241_G23, 3244_I10, 3243J07, 3259 J21, 3245_O19, 3244_H04, 3136_G05, 3252_C13, 3255 J06,3420_I23, 3139_P23, 3248_P18, 3253_P10, 3260_D19, 3362_B11, and 3242_P05antibodies described herein.

The TCN-032 (8I10) antibody includes a heavy chain variable region (SEQID NO: 44) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown below in SEQ IDNO: 43, a short heavy chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 277) encoded bythe nucleic acid sequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 278, a long heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 276) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 196, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 46) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQID NO: 45.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia, C. et al.(1989, Nature, 342: 877-883) are underlined and those defined by KabatE. A. et al.(1991, Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest,5^(th) edit., NIH Publication no. 91-3242 U.S. Department of Heath andHuman Services.) are highlighted in bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the TCN-032 (8I10) antibody have the followingsequences per Kabat definition: NYYWS (SEQ ID NO: 72), FIYYGGNTKYNPSLKS(SEQ ID NO: 74) and ASCSGGYCILD (SEQ ID NO: 76). The light chain CDRs ofthe TCN-032 (8I10) antibody have the following sequences per Kabatdefinition: RASQNIYKYLN (SEQ ID NO: 59), AASGLQS (SEQ ID NO: 61) andQQSYSPPLT (SEQ ID NO: 63).

The heavy chain CDRs of the TCN-032 (8I10) antibody have the followingsequences per Chothia definition: GSSISN (SEQ ID NO: 109), FIYYGGNTK(SEQ ID NO: 110) and ASCSGGYCILD (SEQ ID NO: 76). The light chain CDRsof the TCN-032 (8I10) antibody have the following sequences per Chothiadefinition: RASQNIYKYLN (SEQ ID NO: 59), AASGLQS (SEQ ID NO: 61) andQQSYSPPLT (SEQ ID NO: 63).

TCN-032 (8I10) VH nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 43)CAGGTGCAATTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTTCGTCCATCAGTAATTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAGTCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGTTTATCTATTACGGTGGAAACACCAAGTACAATCCCTCCCTCAAGAGCCGCGTCACCATATCACAAGACACTTCCAAGAGTCAGGTCTCCCTGACGATGAGCTCTGTGACCGCTGCGGAATCGGCCGTCTATTTCTGTGCGAGAGCGTCTTGTAGTGGTGGTTACTGTATCCTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCAC CGTCTCGTCN-032 (8I10) VH amino acid sequence: Kabat Bold, Chothia underlined(SEQ ID NO: 44) Q V Q L Q E S G P G L V K P S E T L S L TC T V S G S S I S N  Y Y W S W I R Q S P G K G L E W I G F I Y Y G G N T K  Y N P S L K S R V T I S Q D T S K S Q V S L T M S SV T A A E S A V Y F C A R  A S C S G G Y C I L D  Y W G Q G T L V T V STCN-032 (8I10) VH short nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 278)CAGGTGCAATTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTTCGTCCATCAGTAATTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAGTCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGTTTATCTATTACGGTGGAAACACCAAGTACAATCCCTCCCTCAAGAGCCGCGTCACCATATCACAAGACACTTCCAAGAGTCAGGTCTCCCTGACGATGAGCTCTGTGACCGCTGCGGAATCGGCCGTCTATTTCTGTGCGAGAGCGTCTTGTAGTGGTGGTTACTGTATCCTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCAC CGTTCN-032 (8I10) VH short amino acid sequence:Kabat Bold, Chothia underlined (SEQ ID NO: 277)Q V Q L Q E S G P G L V K P S E T L S L T C T V S G S S I S N Y Y W S W I R Q S P G K G L E W I G  F I Y Y G G N T K  Y N P S LK S R V T I S Q D T S K S Q V S L T M S S V T A A E S A V Y F C A R A S C S G G Y C I L D  Y W G Q G T L V TTCN-032 (8I10) VH long nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 196)CAGGTGCAATTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTTCGTCCATCAGTAATTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAGTCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGTTTATCTATTACGGTGGAAACACCAAGTACAATCCCTCCCTCAAGAGCCGCGTCACCATATCACAAGACACTTCCAAGAGTCAGGTCTCCCTGACGATGAGCTCTGTGACCGCTGCGGAATCGGCCGTCTATTTCTGTGCGAGAGCGTCTTGTAGTGGTGGTTACTGTATCCTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCAC CGTCTCGAGCTCN-032 (8I10) VH long amino acid sequence:Kabat Bold, Chothia underlined (SEQ ID NO: 276)Q V Q L Q E S G P G L V K P S E T L S L T C T V S G S S I S N Y Y W S W I R Q S P G K G L E W I G  F I Y Y G G N T K  Y N P S LK S R V T I S Q D T S K S Q V S L T M S S V T A A E S A V Y F C A R A S C S G G Y C I L D  Y W G Q G T L V T V S STCN-032 (8I10) VL nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 45)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCGAGTCAGAACATTTACAAGTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAGACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGGGCCTGATCTCTGCTGCATCCGGGTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCACCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACAGAGTTACAGTCCCCCTCTCACTTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAGGGTGGAGATCAAAC TCN-032 (8I10) VL amino acid sequence:Kabat Bold, Chothia underlined (SEQ ID NO: 46)D I Q M T Q S P S S L S A S V G D R V T I T C  R A S Q N I Y K Y L N W Y Q Q R P G K A P K G L I S  A A S G L Q S  G V P S R F SG S G S G T D F T L T I T S L Q P E D F A T Y Y C  Q Q S Y S P P L T F G G G T R V E I K

The 21B15 antibody includes a heavy chain variable region (SEQ ID NO:44) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 47, ashort heavy chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 277) encoded by thenucleic acid sequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 278, a long heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 276) encoded by the nucleic acid sequenceshown below in SEQ ID NO: 196, and a light chain variable region (SEQ IDNO: 46) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 48.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al. 1989,are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the 21B15 antibody have the following sequencesper Kabat definition: NYYWS (SEQ ID NO: 72), FIYYGGNTKYNPSLKS (SEQ IDNO: 74) and ASCSGGYCILD (SEQ ID NO: 76). The light chain CDRs of the21B15 antibody have the following sequences per Kabat definition:RASQNIYKYLN (SEQ ID NO: 59), AASGLQS (SEQ ID NO: 61) and QQSYSPPLT (SEQID NO: 63).

The heavy chain CDRs of the 21 B 15 antibody have the followingsequences per Chothia definition: GSSISN (SEQ ID NO: 109), FIYYGGNTK(SEQ ID NO: 110) and ASCSGGYCILD (SEQ ID NO: 76). The light chain CDRsof the 21B15 antibody have the following sequences per Chothiadefinition: RASQNIYKYLN (SEQ ID NO: 59), AASGLQS (SEQ ID NO: 61) andQQSYSPPLT (SEQ ID NO: 63).

21B15 VH nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 47)CAGGTGCAATTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTTCGTCCATCAGTAATTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAGTCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGTTTATCTATTACGGTGGAAACACCAAGTACAATCCCTCCCTCAAGAGCCGCGTCACCATATCACAAGACACTTCCAAGAGTCAGGTCTCCCTGACGATGAGCTCTGTGACCGCTGCGGAATCGGCCGTCTATTTCTGTGCGAGAGCGTCTTGTAGTGGTGGTTACTGTATCCTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCAC CGTCTCG21B15 VH amino acid sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 44)Kabat Bold, Chothia underlined Q V Q L Q E S G P G L V K P S E T L S L TC T V S G S S I S N  Y Y W S W I R Q S P G K G L E W I G F I Y Y G G N T K  Y N P S L K S R V T I S Q D T S K S Q V S L T M S SV T A A E S A V Y F C A R  A S C S G G Y C I L D  Y W G Q G T L V T V S21B15 VH short nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 278)CAGGTGCAATTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTTCGTCCATCAGTAATTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAGTCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGTTTATCTATTACGGTGGAAACACCAAGTACAATCCCTCCCTCAAGAGCCGCGTCACCATATCACAAGACACTTCCAAGAGTCAGGTCTCCCTGACGATGAGCTCTGTGACCGCTGCGGAATCGGCCGTCTATTTCTGTGCGAGAGCGTCTTGTAGTGGTGGTTACTGTATCCTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCAC CGT21B15 VH short amino acid sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 277)Kabat Bold, Chothia underlined Q V Q L Q E S G P G L V K P S E T L S L TC T V S G S S I S N  Y Y W S W I R Q S P G K G L E W I G F I Y Y G G N T K  Y N P S L K S R V T I S Q D T S K S Q V S L T M S SV T A A E S A V Y F C A R  A S C S G G Y C I L D  Y W G Q G T L V T21B15 VH long nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 196)CAGGTGCAATTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTTCGTCCATCAGTAATTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAGTCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGTTTATCTATTACGGTGGAAACACCAAGTACAATCCCTCCCTCAAGAGCCGCGTCACCATATCACAAGACACTTCCAAGAGTCAGGTCTCCCTGACGATGAGCTCTGTGACCGCTGCGGAATCGGCCGTCTATTTCTGTGCGAGAGCGTCTTGTAGTGGTGGTTACTGTATCCTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCAC CGTCTCGAGC21B15 VH long amino acid sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 276)Kabat Bold, Chothia underlined Q V Q L Q E S G P G L V K P S E T L S L TC T V S G S S I S N  Y Y W S W I R Q S P G K G L E W I G F I Y Y G G N T K  Y N P S L K S R V T I S Q D T S K S Q V S L T M S SV T A A E S A V Y F C A R  A S C S G G Y C I L D Y W G Q G T L V T V S S 21B15 VL nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 48)GACATCCAGGTGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGCGCGAGTCAGAACATTTACAAGTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAGACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGGGCCTGATCTCTGCTGCATCCGGGTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCACCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACAGAGTTACAGTCCCCCTCTCACTTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAGGGTGGATATCAAAC 21B15 VL amino acid sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 292)Kabat Bold, Chothia underlined D I Q V T Q S P S S L S A S V G D R V T IT C  R A S Q N I Y K Y L N  W Y Q Q R P G K A P K G L I S  A A S G L Q S G V P S R F S G S G S G T D F T L T I T S L Q P E D F A T Y Y C Q Q S Y S P P L T  F G G G T R V D I K

The TCN-031 (23K12) antibody includes a heavy chain variable region (SEQID NO: 50) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown below in SEQ IDNO: 49, a short heavy chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 236) encoded bythe nucleic acid sequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 244, a long heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 195) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 235, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 52) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQID NO: 51.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the TCN-031 (23K12) antibody have the followingsequences per Kabat definition: SNYMS (SEQ ID NO: 103), VIYSGGSTYYADSVK(SEQ ID NO: 105) and CLSRMRGYGLDV (SEQ ID NO: 107). The light chain CDRsof the TCN-031 (23K12) antibody have the following sequences per Kabatdefinition: RTSQSISSYLN (SEQ ID NO: 92), AASSLQSGVPSRF (SEQ ID NO: 94)and QQSYSMPA (SEQ ID NO: 96).

The heavy chain CDRs of the TCN-031 (23K12) antibody have the followingsequences per Chothia definition: GFTVSSN (SEQ ID NO: 112), VIYSGGSTY(SEQ ID NO: 113) and CLSRMRGYGLDV (SEQ ID NO: 107). The light chain CDRsof the TCN-031 (23K12) antibody have the following sequences per Chothiadefinition: RTSQSISSYLN (SEQ ID NO: 92), AASSLQSGVPSRF (SEQ ID NO: 94)and QQSYSMPA (SEQ ID NO: 96).

TCN-031 (23K12) VH nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 49)GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTCCAGCCTGGGGGGTCCCTGAGAATCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCGTCAGTAGCAACTACATGAGTTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTCTCAGTTATTTATAGTGGTGGTAGCACATACTACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCAGATTCTCCTTCTCCAGAGACAACTCCAAGAACACAGTGTTTCTTCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGATGTCTGAGCAGGATGCGGGGTTACGGTTTAGACGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCAC CGTCTCGTCN-031 (23K12) VH amino acid sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 50)Kabat Bold, Chothia underlined E V Q L V E S G G G L V Q P G G S L R I SC A A S G F T V S S N  Y M S W V R Q A P G K G L E W V S V I Y S G G S T Y  Y A D S V K G R F S F S R D N S K N T V F L Q M N SL R A E D T A V Y Y C A R  C L S R M R G Y G L D V  W G Q G T T V T V STCN-031 (23K12) VH short nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 244)GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTCCAGCCTGGGGGGTCCCTGAGAATCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCGTCAGTAGCAACTACATGAGTTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTCTCAGTTATTTATAGTGGTGGTAGCACATACTACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCAGATTCTCCTTCTCCAGAGACAACTCCAAGAACACAGTGTTTCTTCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGATGTCTGAGCAGGATGCGGGGTTACGGTTTAGACGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCAC CGTTCN-031 (23K12) VH short amino acid sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 236)Kabat Bold, Chothia underlined E V Q L V E S G G G L V Q P G G S L R I SC A A S G F T V S S N  Y M S W V R Q A P G K G L E W V S V I Y S G G S T Y  Y A D S V K G R F S F S R D N S K N T V F L Q M N SL R A E D T A V Y Y C A R  C L S R M R G Y G L D V  W G Q G T T V T V STCN-031 (23K12) VH long nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 195)GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTCCAGCCTGGGGGGTCCCTGAGAATCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCGTCAGTAGCAACTACATGAGTTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTCTCAGTTATTTATAGTGGTGGTAGCACATACTACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCAGATTCTCCTTCTCCAGAGACAACTCCAAGAACACAGTGTTTCTTCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGATGTCTGAGCAGGATGCGGGGTTACGGTTTAGACGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCAC CGTCTCGAGCTCN-031 (23K12) VH long amino acid sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 235)Kabat Bold, Chothia underlined E V Q L V E S G G G L V Q P G G S L R I SC A A S G F T V S S N  Y M S W V R Q A P G K G L E W V S V I Y S G G S T Y  Y A D S V K G R F S F S R D N S K N T V F L Q M N SL R A E D T A V Y Y C A R  C L S R M R G Y G L D V W G Q G T T V T V S S TCN-031 (23K12) VL nucleotide sequence:(SEQ ID NO: 51) GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGACAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCAGCTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAACTCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCGGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACCTACTACTGTCAACAGAGTTACAGTATGCCTGCCTTTGGCCAGGGG ACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAATCN-031 (23K12) VL amino acid sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 52)Kabat Bold, Chothia underlined D I Q M T Q S P S S L S A S V G D R V T IT C  R T S Q S I S S Y L N  W Y Q Q K P G K A P K L L I Y A A S S L Q S G V P S R F  S G S G S G T D F T L T I S G L Q P E D F AT Y Y C  Q Q S Y S M P A  F G Q G T K L E I K

The 3241_G23 antibody (also referred to herein as G23) includes a heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 116) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 115, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 118) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 117.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the G23 antibody have the following sequencesper Kabat definition: GGGYSWN (SEQ ID NO: 179), FMFHSGSPRYNPTLKS (SEQ IDNO: 180) and VGQMDKYYAMDV (SEQ ID NO: 181). The light chain CDRs of theG23 antibody have the following sequences per Kabat definition:RASQSIGAYVN (SEQ ID NO: 184), GASNLQS (SEQ ID NO: 185) and QQTYSTPIT(SEQ ID NO: 186).

The heavy chain CDRs of the G23 antibody have the following sequencesper Chothia definition: GGPVSGGG (SEQ ID NO: 182), FMFHSGSPR (SEQ ID NO:183) and VGQMDKYYAMDV (SEQ ID NO: 181). The light chain CDRs of the G23antibody have the following sequences per Chothia definition:RASQSIGAYVN (SEQ ID NO: 184), GASNLQS (SEQ ID NO: 185) and QQTYSTPIT(SEQ ID NO: 186).

3241_G23 VH nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 115)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCACAGACCCTGTCCCTCACTTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCCCCGTCAGCGGTGGTGGTTACTCCTGGAACTGGATCCGCCAACGCCCAGGACAGGGCCTGGAGTGGGTTGGGTTCATGTTTCACAGTGGGAGTCCCCGCTACAATCCGACCCTCAAGAGTCGAATTACCATCTCAGTCGACACGTCTAAGAACCTGGTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACGGCCGCGGACACGGCCGTGTATTTTTGTGCGCGAGTGGGGCAGATGGACAAGTACTATGCCATGGACGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCAC GGTCACCGTCTCGAGC3241_G23 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 116)Kabat Bold, Chothia underlined QVQLQQSGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCTVSGGPVSGGGYSWNWIRQRPGQGLEWV G FMFHSGSPR YNPTLKSRITISVDTSKNLVSLKLSSVTAADTAVYFCAR VGQMDKYYAMDV WGQGTTVTVSS 3241_G23 VL nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 117)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTTCCTCTGTCGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTGGCGCCTATGTAAATTGGTATCAACAGAAAGCAGGGAAAGCCCCCCAGGTCCTGATCTTTGGTGCTTCCAATTTACAAAGCGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGACTTTGCAACTTACTTCTGTCAACAGACTTACAGTACCCCGATCACCTTCGGCCAAGGGACACGACTGGAGATTAAACG 3241_G23 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 118)Kabat Bold, Chothia underlined DIQMTQSPSSLSSSVGDRVTITC RASQSIGAYVNWYQQKAGKAPQVLIF G ASNLQS GVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYFC QQTYSTPIT FGQGTRLEIK

The 3244_I10 antibody (also referred to herein as I10) includes a heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 120) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 119, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 122) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 121.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the I10 antibody have the following sequencesper Kabat definition: SDYWS (SEQ ID NO: 187), FFYNGGSTKYNPSLKS (SEQ IDNO: 188) and HDAKFSGSYYVAS (SEQ ID NO: 189). The light chain CDRs of theI10 antibody have the following sequences per Kabat definition:RASQSISTYLN (SEQ ID NO: 192), GATNLQS (SEQ ID NO: 193) and QQSYNTPLI(SEQ ID NO: 194).

The heavy chain CDRs of the I10 antibody have the following sequencesper Chothia definition: GGSITS (SEQ ID NO: 190), FFYNGGSTK (SEQ ID NO:191) and HDAKFSGSYYVAS (SEQ ID NO: 189). The light chain CDRs of the I10antibody have the following sequences per Chothia definition:RASQSISTYLN (SEQ ID NO: 192), GATNLQS (SEQ ID NO: 193) and QQSYNTPLI(SEQ ID NO: 194).

3244_I10 VH nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 119)CAGGTCCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGCTGAAGCCTTCGGACACCCTGGCCCTCACTTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCACCAGTGACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAACCCCCAGGGAGGGGACTGGACTGGATCGGATTCTTCTATAACGGCGGAAGCACCAAGTACAATCCCTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATTTCAGCGGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTGTCCCTGAAATTGACCTCTGTGACCGCCGCAGACACGGGCGTGTATTATTGTGCGAGACATGATGCCAAATTTAGTGGGAGCTACTACGTTGCCTCCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCGAGT CACCGTCTCGAGC3244_I10 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 120)QVQLQESGPGLLKPSDTLALTCTVSGGSITS DYWSWIRQPPGRGLDWIG F FYNGGSTKYNPSLKSRVTISADTSKNQLSLKLTSVTAADTGVYYCAR HDA KFSGSYYVAS WGQGTRVTVSS3244_I10 VL nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 121)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCTCTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCACCTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGCAACCTGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGGTCCTCATTTTTGGTGCAACCAACTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCTCGCTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACAGAGTTACAATACCCCCCTCATTTTTGGCCAGGGGACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAACG 3244_I10 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 122)DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTISC RASQSISTYLN WYQQQPGKAPKVLIF G ATNLQSGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYC QQSYNTPLI FGQ GTKLEIK

The 3243_J07 antibody (also referred to herein as J07) includes a heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 124) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 123, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 126) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 125.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the J07 antibody have the following sequencesper Kabat definition: SDYWS (SEQ ID NO: 187), FFYNGGSTKYNPSLKS (SEQ IDNO: 188) and HDVKFSGSYYVAS (SEQ ID NO: 197). The light chain CDRs of theJ07 antibody have the following sequences per Kabat definition:RASQSISTYLN (SEQ ID NO: 192), GATNLQS (SEQ ID NO: 193) and QQSYNTPLI(SEQ ID NO: 194).

The heavy chain CDRs of the J07 antibody have the following sequencesper Chothia definition: GGSITS (SEQ ID NO: 190), FFYNGGSTK (SEQ ID NO:191) and HDVKFSGSYYVAS (SEQ ID NO: 197). The light chain CDRs of the J07antibody have the following sequences per Chothia definition:RASQSISTYLN (SEQ ID NO: 192), GATNLQS (SEQ ID NO: 193) and QQSYNTPLI(SEQ ID NO: 194).

3243_J07 VH nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 123)CAGGTCCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGCTGAAGCCTTCGGACACCCTGGCCCTCACTTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCACCAGTGACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAACCCCCAGGGAGGGGACTGGACTGGATCGGATTCTTCTATAACGGCGGGAGCACCAAGTACAATCCCTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCAGCGGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTGTCCCTGAAATTGACCTCTGTGACCGCCGCAGACACGGGCGTGTATTATTGTGCGAGACATGATGTCAAATTTAGTGGGAGCTACTACGTTGCCTCCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCGAGT CACCGTCTCGAGC3243_J07 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 124)QVQLQESGPGLLKPSDTLALTCTVSGGSITS DYWSWIRQPPGRGLDWIG F FYNGGSTKYNPSLKSRVTISADTSKNQLSLKLTSVTAADTGVYYCAR HDV KFSGSYYVAS WGQGTRVTVSS3243_J07 VL nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 125)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCTCTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCACCTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGCAACCTGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGGTCCTGATCTCTGGTGCAACCAACTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCTCGCTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACAGAGTTACAATACCCCCCTCATTTTTGGCCAGGGGACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAACG 3243_J07 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 126)DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTISC RASQSISTYLN WYQQQPGKAPKVLIS G ATNLQSGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYC QQSYNTPLI FGQ GTKLEIK

The 3259_J21 antibody (also referred to herein as J21) includes a heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 128) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 127, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 130) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 129.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the J21 antibody have the following sequencesper Kabat definition: SYNWI (SEQ ID NO: 203), HIYDYGRTFYNSSLQS (SEQ IDNO: 204) and PLGILHYYAMDL (SEQ ID NO: 205). The light chain CDRs of theJ21 antibody have the following sequences per Kabat definition:RASQSIDKFLN (SEQ ID NO: 208), GASNLHS (SEQ ID NO: 209) and QQSFSVPA (SEQID NO: 210).

The heavy chain CDRs of the J21 antibody have the following sequencesper Chothia definition: GGSISS (SEQ ID NO: 206), HIYDYGRTF (SEQ ID NO:207) and PLGILHYYAMDL (SEQ ID NO: 205). The light chain CDRs of the J21antibody have the following sequences per Chothia definition:RASQSIDKFLN (SEQ ID NO: 208), GASNLHS (SEQ ID NO: 209) and QQSFSVPA (SEQID NO: 210).

3259_J21 VH nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 127)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCACGAGTGGTGAGGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCGGGGGGCTCCATCAGTTCTTACAACTGGATTTGGATCCGGCAGCCCCCTGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGCACATATATGACTATGGGAGGACCTTCTACAACTCCTCCCTCCAGAGTCGACCTACCATATCTGTAGACGCGTCCAAGAATCAGCTCTCCCTGCGATTGACCTCTGTGACCGCCTCAGACACGGCCGTCTATTACTGTGCGAGACCTCTCGGTATACTCCACTACTACGCGATGGACCTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCAC CGTCTCGAGC3259_J21 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 128)QVQLQESGPRVVRPSETLSLTCTVSGGSISS YNWIWIRQPPGKGLEWIG H IYDYGRTFYNSSLQSRPTISVDASKNQLSLRLTSVTASDTAVYYCAR PLG ILHYYAMDL WGQGTTVTVSS3259_J21 VL nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 129)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATTATCCGTGTCTGTATCTGTCGGGGACAGGGTCACCATCGCTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGTATTGACAAGTTTTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAACTCCTGATCTATGGTGCCTCCAATTTGCACAGTGGGGCCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGCCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTAACAATCACCAATATACAGACTGAAGATTTCGCAACTTACCTCTGTCAACAGAGTTTCAGTGTCCCCGCTTTCGGCGGAGGG ACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAACG3259_J21 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 130) DIQMTQSPLSVSVSVGDRVTIACRASQSIDKFLN WYQQKPGKAPKLLIY G ASNLHS GAPSRFSASGSGTDFTLTITNIQTEDFATYLCQQSFSVPA FGGG TKVEIK

The 3245_O19 antibody (also referred to herein as O19) includes a heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 132) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 131, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 134) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 133.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the O19 antibody have the following sequencesper Kabat definition: STYMN (SEQ ID NO: 211), VFYSETRTYYADSVKG (SEQ IDNO: 212) and VQRLSYGMDV (SEQ ID NO: 213). The light chain CDRs of theO19 antibody have the following sequences per Kabat definition:RASQSISTYLN (SEQ ID NO: 192), GASTLQS (SEQ ID NO: 217) and QQTYSIPL (SEQID NO: 218).

The heavy chain CDRs of the O19 antibody have the following sequencesper Chothia definition: GLSVSS (SEQ ID NO: 214), VFYSETRTY (SEQ ID NO:215) and VQRLSYGMDV (SEQ ID NO: 213). The light chain CDRs of the O19antibody have the following sequences per Chothia definition:RASQSISTYLN (SEQ ID NO: 192), GASTLQS (SEQ ID NO: 217) and QQTYSIPL (SEQID NO: 218).

3245_O19 VH nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 131)GAGGTGCAACTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGGGGCTTGGTCCAGCCTGGGGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTACGGCCTCTGGGTTAAGTGTCAGTTCCACCTACATGAACTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAATGGGTCTCAGTTTTTTATAGTGAGACCAGGACGTACTACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCGTCTCCAGACACAATTCCAACAACACGCTCTATCTTCAGATGAACAGCCTGAGAGTTGAAGACACGGCCGTGTATTATTGTGCGAGAGTCCAGAGATTGTCGTACGGTATGGACGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCACCGTCTC GAGC3245_O19 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 132)EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCTASGLSVSS TYMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVS V FYSETRTYYADSVKGRFTVSRHNSNNTLYLQMNSLRVEDTAVYYCAR VQR LSYGMDV WGQGTTVTVSS3245_O19 VL nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 133)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTTGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCACCTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGAAGAGACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAACTCCTGGTCTATGGTGCATCCACTTTGCAGAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCGCCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTCTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACAGACTTACAGTATCCCCCTCTTCGGCCAGGGG ACACGGCTGGAGATTAAACG3245_O19 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 134) DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQSISTYLN WYQKRPGKAPKLLVY G ASTLQS GVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTIASLQPEDSATYYCQQTYSIPL FGQG TRLEIK

The 3244_H04 antibody (also referred to herein as H04) includes a heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 136) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 135, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 138) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 137.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the H04 antibody have the following sequencesper Kabat definition: STYMN (SEQ ID NO: 211), VFYSETRTYYADSVKG (SEQ IDNO: 212) and VQRLSYGMDV (SEQ ID NO: 213). The light chain CDRs of theH04 antibody have the following sequences per Kabat definition:RASQSISTYLN (SEQ ID NO: 192), GASSLQS (SEQ ID NO: 226) and QQTYSIPL (SEQID NO: 218).

The heavy chain CDRs of the H04 antibody have the following sequencesper Chothia definition: GLSVSS (SEQ ID NO: 214), VFYSETRTY (SEQ ID NO:215) and VQRLSYGMDV (SEQ ID NO: 213). The light chain CDRs of the H04antibody have the following sequences per Chothia definition:RASQSISTYLN (SEQ ID NO: 192), GASSLQS (SEQ ID NO: 226) and QQTYSIPL (SEQID NO: 218).

3244_H04 VH nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 135)GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAATCTGGAGGGGGCTTGGTCCAGCCTGGGGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTACAGCCTCTGGGTTAAGCGTCAGTTCCACCTACATGAACTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAATGGGTCTCAGTTTTTTATAGTGAAACCAGGACGTATTACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCGTCTCCAGACACAATTCCAACAACACGCTGTATCTTCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCTGAAGACACGGCCGTGTATTATTGTGCGAGAGTCCAGAGACTGTCATACGGTATGGACGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCACCGTCTC GAGC3244_H04 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 136)EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCTASGLSVSS TYMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVS V FYSETRTYYADSVKGRFTVSRHNSNNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCAR VQR LSYGMDV WGQGTTVTVSS3244_H04 VL nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 137)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCGTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCACCTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGAAGAGACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAACTCCTGGTCTATGGTGCATCCAGTTTGCAGAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCGCCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTCTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAACAGACTTACAGTATCCCCCTCTTCGGCCAGGGG ACACGACTGGAGATTAAACG3244_H04 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 138) DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQSISTYLN WYQKRPGKAPKLLVY G ASSLQS GVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTIASLQPEDSAVYYCQQTYSIPL FGQG TRLEIK

The 3136_G05 antibody (also referred to herein as G05) includes a heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 140) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 139, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 142) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 141.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the G05 antibody have the following sequencesper Kabat definition: SDFWS (SEQ ID NO: 228), YVYNRGSTKYSPSLKS (SEQ IDNO: 229) and NGRSSTSWGIDV (SEQ ID NO: 230). The light chain CDRs of the3136_G05 antibody have the following sequences per Kabat definition:RASQSISTYLH (SEQ ID NO: 233), AASSLQS (SEQ ID NO: 234) and QQSYSPPLT(SEQ ID NO: 63).

The heavy chain CDRs of the 3136_G05 antibody have the followingsequences per Chothia definition: GGSISS (SEQ ID NO: 206), YVYNRGSTK(SEQ ID NO: 232) and NGRSSTSWGIDV (SEQ ID NO: 230). The light chain CDRsof the 3136_G05 antibody have the following sequences per Chothiadefinition: RASQSISTYLH (SEQ ID NO: 233), AASSLQS (SEQ ID NO: 234) andQQSYSPPLT (SEQ ID NO: 63).

3136_G05 VH nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 139)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCCTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCAGTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATTAGTAGTGATTTCTGGAGTTGGATCCGACAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGTATGTCTATAACAGAGGGAGCACTAAGTACAGTCCCTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCAGCAGACATGTCCAAGAACCAGTTTTCCCTGAATATGAGTTCTGTGACCGCTGCGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAAAAATGGTCGAAGTAGCACCAGTTGGGGCATCGACGTCTGGGGCAAAGGGACCACGGTCAC CGTCTCGAGC3136_G05 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 140)QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCSVSGGSISS DFWSWIRQPPGKGLEWIG Y VYNRGSTKYSPSLKSRVTISADMSKNQFSLNMSSVTAADTAVYYCAK NGR SSTSWGIDV WGKGTTVTVSS3136_G05 VL nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 141)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTGGGAGACAGACTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCACCTATTTACATTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAACTCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTAGATCAGGAACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTGCAACCTGATGACTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACAGAGTTACAGTCCCCCCCTCACTTTCGGCCCTGGGACCAAAGTGGATATGAAACG 3136_G05 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 142)DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRLTITC RASQSISTYLH WYQQKPGKAPKLLIY A ASSLQSGVPSRFSGSRSGTDFTLTISSLQPDDFATYYC QQSYSPPLT FGP GTKVDMK

The 3252_C13 antibody (also referred to herein as C13) includes a heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 144) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 143, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 146) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 145.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the C 13 antibody have the following sequencesper Kabat definition: SDYWS (SEQ ID NO: 187), YIYNRGSTKYTPSLKS (SEQ IDNO: 237) and HVGGHTYGIDY (SEQ ID NO: 238). The light chain CDRs of the C13 antibody have the following sequences per Kabat definition:RASQSISNYLN (SEQ ID NO: 241), AASSLQS (SEQ ID NO: 234) and QQSYNTPIT(SEQ ID NO: 243).

The heavy chain CDRs of the C13 antibody have the following sequencesper Chothia definition: GASISS (SEQ ID NO: 239), YIYNRGSTK (SEQ ID NO:240) and HVGGHTYGIDY (SEQ ID NO: 238). The light chain CDRs of the C13antibody have the following sequences per Chothia definition:RASQSISNYLN (SEQ ID NO: 241), AASSLQS (SEQ ID NO: 234) and QQSYNTPIT(SEQ ID NO: 243).

3252_C13 VH nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 143)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGCCTCCATCAGTAGTGACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCTGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGTATATCTATAATAGAGGGAGTACCAAGTACACCCCCTCCCTGAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCACTAGACACGGCCGAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAGGCTGAGGTCGGTGACCGCCGCAGACACGGCCATCTATTACTGTGCGAGACATGTAGGTGGCCACACCTATGGAATTGATTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGT CTCGAGC3252_C13 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 144)QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGASISS DYWSWIRLPPGKGLEWIG Y IYNRGSTKYTPSLKSRVTISLDTAENQFSLRLRSVTAADTAIYYCAR HVG GHTYGIDY WGQGTLVTVSS3252_C13 VL nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 145)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCGTCCCTGTCTGCCTCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCAACTATTTAAATTGGTATCAACACAAACCTGGGGAAGCCCCCAAGCTCCTGAACTATGCTGCGTCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGCCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTTCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCCACTTACTACTGTCAACAGAGTTACAATACTCCGATCACCTTCGGCCAAGGGACACGACTGGAAATTAAACG 3252_C13 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 146)DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITC RASQSISNYLN WYQHKPGEAPKLLNY A ASSLQSGVPSRFSASGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYC QQSYNTPIT FGQ GTRLEIK

The 3259_J06 antibody (also referred to herein as J06) includes a heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 148) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 147, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 150) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 149.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the J06 antibody have the following sequencesper Kabat definition: SDYWS (SEQ ID NO: 187), YIYNRGSTKYTPSLKS (SEQ IDNO: 237) and HVGGHTYGIDY (SEQ ID NO: 238). The light chain CDRs of theJ06 antibody have the following sequences per Kabat definition:RASQSISNYLN (SEQ ID NO: 241), AASSLQS (SEQ ID NO: 234) and QQSYNTPIT(SEQ ID NO: 243).

The heavy chain CDRs of the J06 antibody have the following sequencesper Chothia definition: GASISS (SEQ ID NO: 239), YIYNRGSTK (SEQ ID NO:240) and HVGGHTYGIDY (SEQ ID NO: 238). The light chain CDRs of the J06antibody have the following sequences per Chothia definition:RASQSISNYLN (SEQ ID NO: 241), AASSLQS (SEQ ID NO: 234) and QQSYNTPIT(SEQ ID NO: 243).

3255_J06 VH nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 147)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGCCTCCATCAGTAGTGACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCTGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGTATATCTATAATAGAGGGAGTACCAAGTACACCCCCTCCCTGAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCACTAGACACGGCCGAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAGGCTGAGGTCGGTGACCGCCGCAGACACGGCCGTCTATTACTGTGCGAGACATGTGGGTGGCCACACCTATGGAATTGATTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGT CTCGAGC3255_J06 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 148)QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGASISS DYWSWIRLPPGKGLEWIG Y IYNRGSTKYTPSLKSRVTISLDTAENQFSLRLRSVTAADTAVYYCAR HVG GHTYGIDY WGQGTLVTVSS3255_J06 VL nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 149)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCGTCCCTGTCTGCCTCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCAACTATTTAAATTGGTATCAACACAAACCTGGGGAAGCCCCCAAGCTCCTGAACTATGCTGCGTCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGCCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCAGCATCAGCGGTCTTCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCCACTTACTACTGTCAACAGAGCTACAATACTCCGATCACCTTCGGCCCAGGGACACGACTGGAAATTAAACG 3255_J06 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 150)DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITC RASQSISNYLN WYQHKPGEAPKLLNY A ASSLQSGVPSRFSASGSGTDFTLSISGLQPEDFATYYC QQSYNTPIT FGP GTRLEIK

The 3410_I23 antibody (also referred to herein as I23) includes a heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 152) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 151, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 154) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 153.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the 3410_I23 antibody have the followingsequences per Kabat definition: SYSWS (SEQ ID NO: 252), YLYYSGSTKYNPSLKS(SEQ ID NO: 253) and TGSESTTGYGMDV (SEQ ID NO: 254). The light chainCDRs of the 3410_I23 antibody have the following sequences per Kabatdefinition: RASQSISTYLN (SEQ ID NO: 192), AASSLHS (SEQ ID NO: 258) andQQSYSPPIT (SEQ ID NO: 259).

The heavy chain CDRs of the 3410_I23 antibody have the followingsequences per Chothia definition: GDSISS (SEQ ID NO: 255), YLYYSGSTK(SEQ ID NO: 256) and TGSESTTGYGMDV (SEQ ID NO: 254). The light chainCDRs of the 3410_I23 antibody have the following sequences per Chothiadefinition: RASQSISTYLN (SEQ ID NO: 192), AASSLHS (SEQ ID NO: 258) andQQSYSPPIT (SEQ ID NO: 259).

3420_I23 VH nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 151)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCGTCACCTGCAAAGTCTCTGGTGACTCCATCAGTAGTTATTCCTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGGTTGGCTATTTGTATTATAGTGGGAGCACCAAGTACAACCCCTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAACCACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCCACGAACCAGTTGTCCCTGAAGTTGAGTTTTGTGACCGCCGCGGACACGGCCGTGTATTTCTGTGCGAGAACCGGCTCGGAATCTACTACCGGCTACGGTATGGACGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGT CACCGTCTCGAGC3420_I23 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 152)QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSVTCKVSGDSISS YSWSWIRQPPGKGLEWVG Y LYYSGSTKYNPSLKSRTTISVDTSTNQLSLKLSFVTAADTAVYFCAR TGS ESTTGYGMDV WGQGTTVTVSS3420_I23 VL nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 153)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCACCTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCACAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCGCTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACAGAGTTACAGTCCCCCGATCACCTTCGGCCAAGGGACACGACTGGAGATTAAACG 3420_I23 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 154)DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITC RASQSISTYLN WYQQKPGKAPKLLIY A ASSLHSGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFALTISSLQPEDFATYYC QQSYSPPIT FGQ GTRLEIK

The 3139_P23 antibody (also referred to herein as P23) includes a heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 156) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 155, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO:158) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQID NO:157.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the P23 antibody have the following sequencesper Kabat definition: NSFWG (SEQ ID NO: 260), YVYNSGNTKYNPSLKS (SEQ IDNO: 261) and HDDASHGYSIS (SEQ ID NO: 262). The light chain CDRs of the3139_P23 antibody have the following sequences per Kabat definition:RASQTISTYLN (SEQ ID NO: 265), AASGLQS (SEQ ID NO: 61) and QQSYNTPLT (SEQID NO: 267).

The heavy chain CDRs of the 3139_P23 antibody have the followingsequences per Chothia definition: GGSISN (SEQ ID NO: 263), YVYNSGNTK(SEQ ID NO: 264) and HDDASHGYSIS (SEQ ID NO: 262). The light chain CDRsof the 3139_P23 antibody have the following sequences per Chothiadefinition: RASQTISTYLN (SEQ ID NO: 265), AASGLQS (SEQ ID NO: 61) andQQSYNTPLT (SEQ ID NO: 267).

3139_P23 VH nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 155)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAAGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGAGCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATTAGTAATTCCTTCTGGGGCTGGATCCGGCAGCCCCCAGGGGAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGTTATGTCTATAACAGTGGCAACACCAAGTACAATCCCTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATTTCGCGCGACACGTCCAAGAGTCAACTCTACATGAAGCTGAGGTCTGTGACCGCCGCTGACACGGCCGTGTACTACTGTGCGAGGCATGACGACGCAAGTCATGGCTACAGCATCTCCTGGGGCCACGGAACCCTGGTCACCGT CTCGAGC3139_P23 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 156)QVQLQESGPRLVKPSESLSLTCTVSGGSISN SFWGWIRQPPGEGLEWIG Y VYNSGNTKYNPSLKSRVTISRDTSKSQLYMKLRSVTAADTAVYYCAR HDD ASHGYSIS WGHGTLVTVSS3139_P23 VL nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 157)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGGGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGACCATTAGTACTTATTTAAATTGGTATCAACAGAAATCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCGGTTTGCAAAGTGGAGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTTCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTTCTGTCAACAGAGTTACAATACTCCCCTGACGTTCGGCCAA GGGACCAAGGTGGAAATCAAA3139_P23 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 158) DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQTISTYLN WYQQKSGKAPKLLIY A ASGLQS GVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYFCQQSYNTPLT FGQ GTKVEIK

The 3248_P18 antibody (also referred to herein as P18) includes a heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 160) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 159, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 162) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 161.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the 3248_P18 antibody have the followingsequences per Kabat definition: AYHWS (SEQ ID NO: 268), HIFDSGSTYYNPSLKS(SEQ ID NO: 269) and PLGSRYYYGMDV (SEQ ID NO: 270). The light chain CDRsof the 3248_P18 antibody have the following sequences per Kabatdefinition: RASQSISRYLN (SEQ ID NO: 273), GASTLQN (SEQ ID NO: 274) andQQSYSVPA (SEQ ID NO: 275).

The heavy chain CDRs of the 3248_P18 antibody have the followingsequences per Chothia definition: GGSISA (SEQ ID NO: 271), HIFDSGSTY(SEQ ID NO: 272) and PLGSRYYYGMDV (SEQ ID NO: 270). The light chain CDRsof the 3248_P18 antibody have the following sequences per Chothiadefinition: RASQSISRYLN (SEQ ID NO: 273), GASTLQN (SEQ ID NO: 274) andQQSYSVPA (SEQ ID NO: 275).

3248_P18 VH nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 159)CAGGTGCAACTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCGGGTGGCTCCATCAGTGCTTACCACTGGAGCTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGCACATCTTTGACAGTGGGAGCACTTACTACAACCCCTCCCTTAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCACTAGACGCGTCCAAGAACCAGCTCTCCCTGAGATTGACCTCTGTGACCGCCTCAGACACGGCCATATATTACTGTGCGAGACCTCTCGGGAGTCGGTACTATTACGGAATGGACGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCAC CGTCTCGAGC3248_P18 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 160)QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSISA YHWSWIRQPPGKGLEWIG H IFDSGSTYYNPSLKSRVTISLDASKNQLSLRLTSVTASDTAIYYCAR PLG SRYYYGMDV WGQGTTVTVSS3248_P18 VL nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 161)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCGTCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTCGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGTATTAGCAGGTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATGGTGCCTCCACTTTGCAAAATGGGGCCCCATCAAGGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTACAACCTGAAGATTCCGCAACTTACCTCTGTCAACAGAGTTACAGTGTCCCTGCTTTCGGCGGAGGA ACCAAGGTGGAGGTCAAA3248_P18 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 162) DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQSISRYLN WYQQKPGKAPKLLIY G ASTLQN GAPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDSATYLCQQSYSVPA FGGG TKVEVK

The 3253_P10 antibody (also referred to herein as P10) includes a heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 164) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 163, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 166) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 165.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the 3253_P10 antibody have the followingsequences per Kabat definition: SDYWS (SEQ ID NO: 187), FFYNGGSTKYNPSLKS(SEQ ID NO: 188) and HDAKFSGSYYVAS (SEQ ID NO: 189). The light chainCDRs of the 3253_P10 antibody have the following sequences per Kabatdefinition: RASQSISTYLN (SEQ ID NO: 192), GATDLQS (SEQ ID NO: 282) andQQSYNTPLI (SEQ ID NO: 194).

The heavy chain CDRs of the 3253_P10 antibody have the followingsequences per Chothia definition: GGSITS (SEQ ID NO: 190), FFYNGGSTK(SEQ ID NO: 191) and HDAKFSGSYYVAS (SEQ ID NO: 189). The light chainCDRs of the 3253_P10 antibody have the following sequences per Chothiadefinition: RASQSISTYLN (SEQ ID NO: 192), GATDLQS (SEQ ID NO: 282) andQQSYNTPLI (SEQ ID NO: 194).

3253_P10 VH nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 163)CAGGTCCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGCTGAAGCCTTCGGACACCCTGGCCCTCACTTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCACCAGTGACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAACCCCCAGGGAGGGGACTGGACTGGATCGGATTCTTCTATAACGGCGGGAGCACCAAGTACAATCCCTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCAGCGGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTGTCCCTGAAATTGACCTCTGTGACCGCCGCAGACACGGGCGTGTATTATTGTGCGAGACATGATGCCAAATTTAGTGGGAGCTACTACGTTGCCTCCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCGAGT CACCGTCTCGAGC3253_P10 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 164)QVQLQESGPGLLKPSDTLALTCTVSGGSITS DYWSWIRQPPGRGLDWIG F FYNGGSTKYNPSLKSRVTISADTSKNQLSLKLTSVTAADTGVYYCAR HDA KFSGSYYVAS WGQGTRVTVSS3253_P10 VL nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 165)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCCTCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCTCTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCACCTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGCAACCTGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGGTCCTGATCTCTGGTGCAACCGACTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCTCGCTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACAGAGTTACAATACCCCCCTCATTTTTGGCCAG GGGACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAA3253_P10 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 166) DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTISCRASQSISTYLN WYQQQPGKAPKVLIS G ATDLQS GVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQSYNTPLI FGQ GTKLEIK

The 3260_D19 antibody (also referred to herein as D19) includes a heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 168) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 167, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 170) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 169.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the 3260_D19 antibody have the followingsequences per Kabat definition: DNYIN (SEQ ID NO: 284), VFYSADRTSYADSVKG(SEQ ID NO: 285) and VQKSYYGMDV (SEQ ID NO: 286). The light chain CDRsof the 3260_D19 antibody have the following sequences per Kabatdefinition: RASQSISRYLN (SEQ ID NO: 273), GASSLQS (SEQ ID NO: 226) andQQTFSIPL (SEQ ID NO: 291).

The heavy chain CDRs of the 3260_D19 antibody have the followingsequences per Chothia definition: GFSVSD (SEQ ID NO: 287), VFYSADRTS(SEQ ID NO: 288) and VQKSYYGMDV (SEQ ID NO: 286). The light chain CDRsof the 3260_D19 antibody have the following sequences per Chothiadefinition: RASQSISRYLN (SEQ ID NO: 273), GASSLQS (SEQ ID NO: 226) andQQTFSIPL (SEQ ID NO: 291).

3260_D19 VH nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 167)GACATGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGAGGCTTGGTCCCGCCGGGGGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGCGCAGCCTCTGGGTTTTCCGTCAGTGACAACTACATAAACTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGACTGGGTCTCAGTCTTTTATAGTGCTGATAGAACATCCTACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCGTCTCCAGCCACGATTCCAAGAACACAGTGTACCTTCAAATGAACAGTCTGAGAGCTGAGGACACGGCCGTTTATTACTGTGCGAGAGTTCAGAAGTCCTATTACGGTATGGACGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCA CCGTCTCGAGC 3260_D19VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 168) DMQLVESGGGLVPPGGSLRLSCAASGFSVSDNYINWVRQAPGKGLDWVS VFYSADRTS YADSVKGRFTVSSHDSKNTVYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARVQKSYYGMDV WGQGTTVTVSS 3260_D19 VL nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 169)GGCATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCAGATATTTAAATTGGTATCTGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTCTGGTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCACTGGGTCTGGGACAGAATTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTTTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACAGACTTTCAGTATCCCTCTTTTTGGCCAGGGGACCAAGGTGGAGATCAAA 3260_D19 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:170) GIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITC RASQSISRYLN WYLQKPGKAPKLLIS GASSLQSGVPSRFSGTGSGTEFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYC QQTFSIPL FG QGTKVEIK

The 3362_B11 antibody (also referred to herein as B11) includes a heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 172) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 171, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 174) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 173.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the B 11 antibody have the following sequencesper Kabat definition: SGAYYWT (SEQ ID NO: 293), YIYYSGNTYYNPSLKS (SEQ IDNO: 294) and AASTSVLGYGMDV (SEQ ID NO: 295). The light chain CDRs of theB 11 antibody have the following sequences per Kabat definition:RASQSISRYLN (SEQ ID NO: 273), AASSLQS (SEQ ID NO: 234) and QQSYSTPLT(SEQ ID NO: 300).

The heavy chain CDRs of the B 11 antibody have the following sequencesper Chothia definition: GDSITSGA (SEQ ID NO: 296), YIYYSGNTY (SEQ ID NO:297) and AASTSVLGYGMDV (SEQ ID NO: 295). The light chain CDRs of the B11 antibody have the following sequences per Chothia definition:RASQSISRYLN (SEQ ID NO: 273), AASSLQS (SEQ ID NO: 234) and QQSYSTPLT(SEQ ID NO: 300).

3362_B11 VH nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 171)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGCGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCAGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGACTCCATCACCAGTGGTGCTTACTACTGGACCTGGATCCGCCAGCACCCAGGGAAGGGCCTGGAGTGGATTGGGTACATCTATTACAGTGGGAACACCTACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTTACCATATCACTAGACACGTCTAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGGTGAACTCTGTGACTGCCGCGGACACGGCCGTATATTACTGTGCGCGAGCTGCTTCGACTTCAGTGCTAGGATACGGTATGGACGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC 3362_B11 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:172) QVQLQASGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGDSITSGA YYWTWIRQHPGKGLEW IG YIYYSGNTYYNPSLKSRVTISLDTSKNQFSLKVNSVTAADTAVYYCA R AASTSVLGYGMDV WGQGTTVTVSS3362_B11 VL nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 173)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCAGATATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGGAACCAGGGAAGGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGGTCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATAAGCAGTCTTCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACAGAGTTATAGTACCCCCCTCACCTTCGGCCAAGGGACACGACTGGAGATTAAA 3362_B11 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:174) DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITC RASQSISRYLN WYQQEPGKAPKLLVY AASSLQSGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYC QQSYSTPLT F GQGTRLEIK

The 3242_P05 antibody (also referred to herein as P05) includes a heavychain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 176) encoded by the nucleic acidsequence shown below in SEQ ID NO: 175, and a light chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 178) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 177.

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs as defined by Chothia et al., 1989are underlined and those defined by Kabat et al., 1991 are highlightedin bold in the sequences below.

The heavy chain CDRs of the 3242_P05 antibody have the followingsequences per Kabat definition: VSDNYIN (SEQ ID NO: 301),VFYSADRTSYADSVKG (SEQ ID NO: 285) and VQKSYYGMDV (SEQ ID NO: 286). Thelight chain CDRs of the 3242_P05 antibody have the following sequencesper Kabat definition: RASQSISRYLN (SEQ ID NO: 273), GASSLQS (SEQ ID NO:226) and QQTFSIPL (SEQ ID NO: 291).

The heavy chain CDRs of the 3242_P05 antibody have the followingsequences per Chothia definition: SGFSV (SEQ ID NO: 304), VFYSADRTS (SEQID NO: 288) and VQKSYYGMDV (SEQ ID NO: 286). The light chain CDRs of the3242_P05 antibody have the following sequences per Chothia definition:The light chain CDRs of the 3242_P05 antibody have the followingsequences per Kabat definition: RASQSISRYLN (SEQ ID NO: 273), GASSLQS(SEQ ID NO: 226) and QQTFSIPL (SEQ ID NO: 291).

3242_P05 VH nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 175)GACATGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGAGGCTTGGTCCCGCCGGGGGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGCGCAGCCTCTGGGTTTTCCGTCAGTGACAACTACATAAACTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGACTGGGTCTCAGTCTTTTATAGTGCTGATAGAACATCCTACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCGTCTCCAGCCACGATTCCAAGAACACAGTGTACCTTCAAATGAACAGTCTGAGAGCTGAGGACACGGCCGTTTATTACTGTGCGAGAGTTCAGAAGTCCTATTACGGTATGGACGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCA CCGTCTCGAGC _P05 VHamino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 176) DMQLVESGGGLVPPGGSLRLSCAASGFSVSDNYINWVRQAPGKGLDWVS VFYSADRTS YADSVKGRFTVSSHDSKNTVYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCAR VQKSYYGMDV WGQGTTVTVSS 3242_P05 VL nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 177)GGCATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCAGATATTTAAATTGGTATCTGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTCTGGTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCACTGGGTCTGGGACAGAATTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTTTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACAGACTTTCAGTATCCCTCTTTTTGGCCAGGGGACCAAGGTGGAGATCAAA 3242_P05 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:178) GIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITC RASQSISRYLN WYLQKPGKAPKLLIS GASSLQSGVPSRFSGTGSGTEFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYC QQTFSIPL FG QGTKVEIK

HuM2e antibodies of the invention also include antibodies that include aheavy chain variable amino acid sequence that is at least 90%, 92%, 95%,97% 98%, 99% or more identical the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 44,277, 276, 50, 236, 235, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 144, 148,152, 156, 160, 164, 168, 172, or 176. and/or a light chain variableamino acid that is at least 90%, 92%, 95%, 97% 98%, 99% or moreidentical the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 46, 52, 118, 122, 126,130, 134, 138, 142, 146, 150, 154, 158, 162, 166, 170, 174, 178.

Alternatively, the monoclonal antibody is an antibody that binds to thesame epitope as TCN-032 (8I10), 21B15, TCN-031 (23K12), 3241_G23,3244_I10, 3243_J07, 3259_J21, 3245_O19, 3244_H04, 3136_G05, 3252_C13,3255_J06, 3420_I23, 3139_P23, 3248_P18, 3253_P10, 3260_D19, 3362_B11, or3242_P05.

The heayy chain of a M2e antibody is derived from a germ line V(variable) gene such as, for example, the IgHV4 or the IgHV3 germlinegene.

The M2e antibodies of the invention include a variable heavy chain(V_(H)) region encoded by a human IgHV4 or the IgHV3 germline genesequence. An IgHV4 germline gene sequence is shown, e.g., in Accessionnumbers L10088, M29812, M95114, X56360 and M95117. An IgHV3 germlinegene sequence is shown, e.g., in Accession numbers X92218, X70208,Z27504, M99679 and AB019437. The M2e antibodies of the invention includea V_(H) region that is encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that is atleast 80% homologous to the IgHV4 or the IgHV3 germline gene sequence.Preferably, the nucleic acid sequence is at least 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%homologous to the IgHV4 or the IgHV3 germline gene sequence, and morepreferably, at least 98%, 99% homologous to the IgHV4 or the IgHV3germline gene sequence. The V_(H) region of the M2e antibody is at least80% homologous to the amino acid sequence of the V_(H) region encoded bythe IgHV4 or the IgHV3 V_(H) germline gene sequence. Preferably, theamino acid sequence of V_(H) region of the M2e antibody is at least 90%,95%, 96%, 97% homologous to the amino acid sequence encoded by the IgHV4or the IgHV3 germline gene sequence, and more preferably, at least 98%,99% homologous to the sequence encoded by the IgHV4 or the IgHV3germline gene sequence. The M2e antibodies of the invention also includea variable light chain (V_(L)) region encoded by a human IgKV1 germlinegene sequence. A human IgKV1 V_(L) germline gene sequence is shown,e.g., Accession numbers X59315, X59312, X59318, J00248, and Y14865.Alternatively, the M2e antibodies include a V_(L) region that is encodedby a nucleic acid sequence that is at least 80% homologous to the IgKV1germline gene sequence. Preferably, the nucleic acid sequence is atleast 90%, 95%, 96%, 97% homologous to the IgKV1 germline gene sequence,and more preferably, at least 98%, 99% homologous to the IgKV1 germlinegene sequence. The V_(L) region of the M2e antibody is at least 80%homologous to the amino acid sequence of the V_(L) region encoded theIgKV I germline gene sequence. Preferably, the amino acid sequence ofV_(L) region of the M2e antibody is at least 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%homologous to the amino acid sequence encoded by the IgKV1 germline genesequence, and more preferably, at least 98%, 99% homologous to thesequence encoded by e the IgKV I germline gene sequence.

HA Antibodies I

The HA antibodies of the invention may also be capable of specificallybinding to one or more fragments of influenza virus H5N1, such as thesurface glycoproteins, hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA), whichare required for viral attachment and cellular release, or membraneproteins (M1 and M2). In a specific embodiment, the HA antibodies of theinvention are capable of specifically binding to the HA molecule of H5N1strains. They may be capable of specifically binding to the HA1 and/orHA2 subunit of the HA molecule. They may be capable of specificallybinding to linear or structural and/or conformational epitopes on theHA1 and/or HA2 subunit of the HA molecule. The HA molecule may bepurified from viruses or recombinantly produced and optionally isolatedbefore use. Alternatively, HA may be expressed on the surface of cells.

For diagnostic purposes, the HA antibodies may also be capable ofspecifically binding to proteins not present on the surface of H5N1including the nucleoprotein, the nucleocapsid structural protein,polymerases (PA, PB and PB2), and non-structural proteins (NS 1 andNS2). The nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence of proteins of variousH5N1 strains can be found in the GenBank-database, NCBI Influenza VirusSequence Database, Influenza Sequence Database (ISD), EMBL-databaseand/or other databases. It is well within the reach of the skilledperson to find such sequences in the respective databases. In anotherembodiment the HA antibodies of the invention are capable ofspecifically binding to a fragment of the above-mentioned proteinsand/or polypeptides, wherein the fragment at least includes an antigenicdeterminant recognized by the HA antibodies of the invention. An“antigenic determinant” as used herein is a moiety that is capable ofbinding to an HA antibody of the invention with sufficiently highaffinity to form a detectable antigen-antibody complex. As used herein,the terms “antigenic determinant” and “epitope” are equivalents. The HAantibodies of the invention may or may not be capable of specificallybinding to the extracellular part of HA (also called herein soluble HA(sHA)).

The HA antibodies of the invention can be intact immunoglobulinmolecules such as polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies or the HAantibodies can be antigen-binding fragments including, but not limitedto, Fab, F(ab′), F(ab′)2, Fv, dAb, Fd, complementarity determiningregion (CDR) fragments, single-chain antibodies (scFv), bivalentsingle-chain antibodies, single-chain phage antibodies, diabodies,triabodies, tetrabodies, and (poly)peptides that contain at least afragment of an immunoglobulin that is sufficient to confer specificantigen binding to influenza virus H5N1 strains or a fragment thereof.In a preferred embodiment the HA antibodies are human monoclonalantibodies.

HA antibodies can be used in non-isolated or isolated form. Furthermore,the HA antibodies can be used alone or in a mixture including at leastone HA antibody (or variant or fragment thereof). Thus, HA antibodiescan be used in combination, e.g., as a pharmaceutical compositioncomprising two or more antibodies of the invention, variants orfragments thereof. For example, antibodies having different, butcomplementary activities can be combined in a single therapy to achievea desired prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic effect, butalternatively, antibodies having identical activities can also becombined in a single therapy to achieve a desired prophylactic,therapeutic or diagnostic effect. Optionally, the mixture furtherincludes at least one other therapeutic agent. Preferably, thetherapeutic agent such as, e.g., M2 inhibitors (e.g., amantidine,rimantadine) and/or neuraminidase inhibitors (e.g., zanamivir,oseltamivir) is useful in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of aninfluenza virus H5N1 infection.

Typically, HA antibodies can bind to their binding partners, i.e.influenza virus H5N1 or fragments thereof, with an affinity constant(Kd-value) that is lower than 0.2×10⁻⁴ M, 1.0×10⁻⁵ M, 1.0×10⁻⁶ M,1.0×10⁻⁷ M, preferably lower than 1.0×10⁻⁸ M, more preferably lower than1.0×10⁻⁹ M, more preferably lower than 1.0×10 ⁻¹⁰ M, even morepreferably lower than 1.0×10⁻¹¹M, and in particular lower than 1.0×10⁻¹²M. The affinity constants can vary for antibody isotypes. For example,affinity binding for an IgM isotype refers to a binding affinity of atleast about 1.0×10⁻⁷M. Affinity constants can for instance be measuredusing surface plasmon resonance, for example using the BIACORE system(Pharmacia Biosensor AB, Uppsala, Sweden).

HA antibodies may bind to influenza virus H5N1 or a fragment thereof insoluble form such as for instance in a sample or in suspension or maybind to influenza virus H5N1 or a fragment thereof bound or attached toa carrier or substrate, e.g., microtiter plates, membranes and beads,etc. Carriers or substrates may be made of glass, plastic (e.g.,polystyrene), polysaccharides, nylon, nitrocellulose, or Teflon, etc.The surface of such supports may be solid or porous and of anyconvenient shape. Furthermore, the HA antibodies may bind to influenzavirus H5N1 in purified/isolated or non purified/non-isolated form.

HA antibodies exhibit neutralizing activity. Neutralizing activity canfor instance be measured as described in International PatentApplication PCT/EP2007/059356 (Publication No. WO 2008/028946, thecontents of which are incorporated herein in their entirety).Alternative assays measuring neutralizing activity are described in forinstance WHO Manual on Animal Influenza Diagnosis and Surveillance,Geneva: World Health Organization, 2005, version 2002.5.

The invention relates to an isolated human HA antibody that recognizesand binds to an epitope in the HA2 subunit of the influenzahaemagglutinin protein (HA), characterized in that said HA antibody hasneutralizing activity against an influenza virus, for instance,including HA of the H5 subtype. Examples of influenza strains thatcontain such a HA of the H5 subtype and that are important strains inview of pandemic threats are H5N1, H5N2, H5N8, and H5N9. Particularlypreferred are HA antibodies that at least neutralize the H5N1 influenzastrain. Preferably, HA antibodies do not depend on an epitope in the HA1subunit of the HA protein for binding to said HA protein.

Definitions

The term “human HA antibody” describes an intact immunoglobulinincluding monoclonal antibodies, such as chimeric, humanized or humanmonoclonal antibodies, or to an antigen-binding and/or variable domaincomprising fragment of an immunoglobulin that competes with the intactimmunoglobulin for specific binding to the binding partner of theimmunoglobulin, e.g. H5N1. Regardless of structure, the antigen bindingfragment binds with the same antigen that is recognized by the intactimmunoglobulin. An antigen-binding fragment can comprise a peptide orpolypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of at least 2, 5, 10, 15,20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, or 250contiguous amino acid residues of the amino acid sequence of the HAantibody.

The term “HA antibody”, includes all immunoglobulin classes andsubclasses known in the art. Depending on the amino acid sequence of theconstant domain of their heavy chains, HA antibodies can be divided intothe five major classes of intact antibodies: IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG, andIgM, and several of these may be further divided into subclasses(isotypes), e.g., IgA1, IgA2, IgG1, IgG2, IgG3 and IgG4.

Antigen-binding fragments include, inter alia, Fab, F(ab′), F(ab′)2, Fv,dAb, Fd, complementarity determining region (CDR) fragments,single-chain antibodies (scFv), bivalent single-chain antibodies,single-chain phage antibodies, diabodies, triabodies, tetrabodies,(poly)peptides that contain at least a fragment of an immunoglobulinthat is sufficient to confer specific antigen binding to the(poly)peptide, etc. The above fragments may be produced synthetically orby enzymatic or chemical cleavage of intact immunoglobulins or they maybe genetically engineered by recombinant DNA techniques. The methods ofproduction are well known in the art and are described, for example, inAntibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Edited by: E. Harlow and D, Lane(1988), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., whichis incorporated herein by reference. An HA antibody or antigen-bindingfragment thereof may have one or more binding sites. If there is morethan one binding site, the binding sites may be identical to one anotheror they may be different.

With respect to HA antibodies, the term “complementarity determiningregions” (CDR) as used herein means sequences within the variableregions of HA antibodies, such as immunoglobulins, that usuallycontribute to a large extent to the antigen binding site which iscomplementary in shape and charge distribution to the epitope recognizedon the antigen. The CDR regions of HA antibodies can be specific forlinear epitopes, discontinuous epitopes, or conformational epitopes ofproteins or protein fragments, either as present on the protein in itsnative conformation or, in some cases, as present on the proteins asdenatured, e.g., by solubilization in SDS. Epitopes of HA antibodies mayalso consist of posttranslational modifications of proteins.

The term “functional variant”, as used herein, refers to an HA antibodythat includes a nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence that is altered byone or more nucleotides and/or amino acids compared to the nucleotideand/or amino acid sequences of the parental HA antibody and that isstill capable of competing for binding to the binding partner, e.g.H5N1, with the parental HA antibody. In other words, the modificationsin the amino acid and/or nucleotide sequence of the parental HA antibodydo not significantly affect or alter the binding characteristics of theHA antibody encoded by the nucleotide sequence or containing the aminoacid sequence, i.e. the antibody is still able to recognize and bind itstarget. The functional variant may have conservative sequencemodifications including nucledtide and amino acid substitutions,additions and deletions. These modifications can be introduced bystandard techniques known in the art, such as site-directed mutagenesisand random PCR-mediated mutagenesis, and may include natural as well asnon-natural nucleotides and amino acids.

Conservative amino acid substitutions include the ones in which theamino acid residue is replaced with an amino acid residue having similarstructural or chemical properties. Families of amino acid residueshaving similar side chains have been defined in the art. These familiesinclude amino acids with basic side chains (e.g., lysine, arginine,histidine), acidic side chains (e.g., aspartic acid, glutamic acid),uncharged polar side chains (e.g., asparagine, glutamine, serine,threonine, tyrosine, cysteine, tryptophan), non-polar side chains (e.g.,glycine, alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, phenylalanine,methionine), beta-branched side chains (e.g., threonine, valine,isoleucine) and aromatic side chains (e.g., tyrosine, phenylalanine,tryptophan). It will be clear to the skilled artisan that otherclassifications of amino acid residue families than the one used abovecan also be employed. Furthermore, a HA antibody functional variant mayhave non-conservative amino acid substitutions, e.g., replacement of anamino acid with an amino acid residue having different structural orchemical properties. Similar minor variations may also include aminoacid deletions or insertions, or both. Guidance in determining whichamino acid residues may be substituted, inserted, or deleted withoutabolishing immunological activity may be found using computer programswell known in the art.

A mutation in a nucleotide sequence can be a single alteration made at alocus (a point mutation), such as transition or transversion mutations,or alternatively, multiple nucleotides may be inserted, deleted orchanged at a single locus. In addition, one or more alterations may bemade at any number of loci within a nucleotide sequence. The mutationsmay be performed by any suitable method known in the art.

The term “human”, when applied to HA antibodies, refers to moleculesthat are either directly derived from a human or based upon a humansequence. When an HA antibody is derived from or based on a humansequence and subsequently modified, it is still to be considered humanas used throughout the specification. In other words, the term human,when applied to HA antibodies is intended to include antibodies havingvariable and constant regions derived from human germline immunoglobulinsequences or based on variable or constant regions occurring in a humanor human lymphocyte and modified in some form. Thus, the human HAantibodies may include amino acid residues not encoded by human germlineimmunoglobulin sequences, contain substitutions and/or deletions (e.g.,mutations introduced by for instance random or site-specific mutagenesisin vitro or by somatic mutation in vivo). “Based on” as used hereinrefers to the situation that a nucleic acid sequence may be exactlycopied from a template, or with minor mutations, such as by error-pronePCR methods, or synthetically made matching the template exactly or withminor modifications. Semi-synthetic molecules based on human sequencesare also considered to be human as used herein.

Single Chain HA Antibodies

The heavy chain of an HA antibody is derived from a germ line V(variable) gene such as, for example, the VH1 or VH3 germline gene (see,Tomlinson I M, Williams S C, Ignatovitch O, Corbett S J, Winter G.V-BASE Sequence Directory. Cambridge, United Kingdom: MRC Centre forProtein Engineering (1997)). The HA antibodies of the invention includea V_(H) region that is encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that is atleast 80% homologous to the VH1 or VH3 germline gene sequence.Preferably, the nucleic acid sequence is at least 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%homologous to the VH1 or VH3 germline gene sequence, and morepreferably, at least 98%, 99% homologous to the VH1 or VH3 germline genesequence. The V_(H) region of the HA antibody is at least 80% homologousto the amino acid sequence of the V_(H) region encoded by the VH1 or VH3V_(H) germline gene sequence. Preferably, the amino acid sequence ofV_(H) region of the HA antibody is at least 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%homologous to the amino acid sequence encoded by the VHI or VH3 germlinegene sequence, and more preferably, at least 98%, 99% homologous to thesequence encoded by the VH1 or VH3 germline gene sequence.

In certain aspects of the invention the VH1 germline gene is VH1 (1-2),VH1 (1-18), VH1 (3-23), or VH1 (1-69). In other aspects of the inventionthe VH3 germline gene is VH3 (3-21)

The HA antibodies of the invention also include a variable light chain(V_(L)) region encoded by a human germline gene sequence selected fromthe group consisting of VKI, VKII, VKIII, VKIV, VL1, VL2, and VL3 (see,Tomlinson I M, Williams S C, Ignatovitch O, Corbett S J, Winter G.V-BASE Sequence Directory. Cambridge, United Kingdom: MRC Centre forProtein Engineering (1997)). Alternatively, the HA antibodies include aV_(L) region that is encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that is at least80% homologous to the germline gene sequence of VKI, VKII, VKIII, VKIV,VL1, VL2, or VL3. Preferably, the nucleic acid sequence is at least 90%,95%, 96%, 97% homologous to the germline gene sequence of VKI, VKII,VKIII, VKIV, VL1, VL2, or VL3, and more preferably, at least 98%, 99%homologous to the germline gene sequence of VKI, VKII, VKIII, VKIV, VL1,VL2, or VL3. The V_(L) region of the HA antibody is at least 80%homologous to the amino acid sequence of the V_(L) region encoded thegermline gene sequence of VKI, VKII, VKIII, VKIV, VL1, VL2, or VL3.Preferably, the amino acid sequence of V_(L) region of the HA antibodyis at least 90%, 95%, 96%, 97% homologous to the amino acid sequenceencoded by the germline gene sequence of VKI, VKII, VKIII, VKIV, VL1,VL2, or VL3, and more preferably, at least 98%, 99% homologous to thesequence encoded by the germline gene sequence of VKI, VKII, VKIII,VKIV, VL1, VL2, or VL3.

In certain aspects of the invention the VKI germline gene is VKI (A20),the VKII germline gene is VKII (A3), the VKIII germline gene is VKIII(A27), and the VKIV germline gene is VKIV (B3). In other aspects of theinvention, the VL1 germline gene is VL1 (V1-13), VL1 (V1-16), VL1(V1-17), or. VL1 (V1-19). Alternatively, the VL2 germline gene is VL2(V1-3) or VL2 (V1-4). Furthermore, the VL3 germline gene is VL3 (V2-14).

Specific combinations of a VH- and HL-locus are provided for each HAantibody described below.

The CDR regions of the HA antibodies of the invention were determinedaccording to Kabat et al. (1991) as described in Sequences of Proteinsof Immunological Interest. In certain embodiments of the invention, HAantibodies contain two, three, four, five or all six CDR regions asdisclosed herein. Preferably, HA antibodies contain at least two of theCDRs disclosed herein.

The SC06-141 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 309) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 310) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 311and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 312. The VH-locus is VH1(1-18) and the VL locus is HKIV (B3).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-141 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: GYYVY (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 247),WISAYNGNTNYAQKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 248) and SRSLDV (HCDR3, SEQ ID NO:568). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-141 antibody have the followingCDR sequences: KSSQSVLYSSNNKNYLA (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 569), WASTRES(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 570) and QQYYSTPLT (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 289).

SC06-141 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 311) gaggtccagc tggtgcagtctggggctgag gtgaagaagc 60 ctggggcctc agtgaaggtc tcctgcaagg cttctgggtacaccttcacc ggctactatg 120 tgtactgggt gcgacaggcc cctggacaag ggcttgagtggatgggatgg atcagcgctt 180 acaatggtaa cacaaactat gcacagaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggaca 240 aatccacgag cacagcctac atggagctga gcagcctgagatctgaagac acggctgtgt 300 attactgtgc gagaagtaga tccctggacg tctggggccaagggaccacg gtcaccgtct 360 cgagcggtac gggcggttca ggcggaaccg gcagcggcactggcgggtcg acggatgttg 420 tgatgactca gtctccagac tccctggctg tgtctctgggcgagagggcc accatcaact 480 gcaagtccag ccagagtgtt ttatacagct ccaacaataagaactactta gcttggtacc 540 agcagaaacc aggacagcct cctaagctgc tcatttactgggcatctacc cgggaatccg 600 gggtccctga ccgattcagt ggcagcgggt ctgggacagatttcactctc accatcagca 660 gcctgcaggc tgaagatgtg gcagtttatt actgtcagcaatattatagt actcctctca 720 ctttcggcgg agggaccaaa gtggatatca aacgt 735SC06-141 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 312)EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTGYYVYWVRQAPGQGLEWMGWISAYNGNTNYAQKFQGRVTITADKSTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARSRSLDVWGQGTTVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTDVVMTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINCKSSQSVLYSSNNKNYLAWYQQKPGQPPKLLIYWASTRESGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYYCQQYYSTPLTFGGGTKVDIKR SC06-141 VH amino acidsequence (SEQ ID NO: 309)EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTGYYVYWVRQAPGQGLEWMGWISAYNGNTNYAQKFQGRVTITADKSTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCAR SRSLDVWGQGTTVTVSSSC06-141 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 310)DVVMTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINCKSSQSVLYSSNNKNYLAWYQQKPGQPPKLLIYWASTRESGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYYCQQYY STPLTFGGGTKVDIKR

The SC06-255 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 313) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 314) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 315and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 316. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VL1 (V1-16).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-255 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SYAIS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 571),GIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 572) and HMGYQVRETMDV (HCDR3, SEQID NO: 573). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-255 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SGSTFNIGSNAVD (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 574), SNNQRPS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 575) and AAWDDILNVPV (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 576).

SC06-255 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 315) gaggtgcagc tggtggagtctggggctgag gtgaagaagc 60 ctgggtcctc ggtgaaagtc tcttgcaagg cttctggaggccccttccgc agctatgcta 120 tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc cctggacaag ggcctgagtggatgggaggg atcatcccta 180 tttttggtac aacaaaatac gcaccgaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggacg 240 atttcgcggg cacagtttac atggagctga gcagcctgcgatctgaggac acggccatgt 300 actactgtgc gaaacatatg gggtaccagg tgcgcgaaactatggacgtc tggggcaaag 360 ggaccacggt caccgtctcg agcggtacgg gcggttcaggcggaaccggc agcggcactg 420 gcgggtcgac gtcctatgtg ctgactcagc caccctcagcgtctgggacc cccgggcaga 480 gggtcaccat ctcttgttct ggaagcacgt tcaacatcggaagtaatgct gtagactggt 540 accggcagct cccaggaacg gcccccaaac tcctcatctatagtaataat cagcggccct 600 caggggtccc tgaccgattc tctggctcca ggtctggcacctcagcctcc ctggccatca 660 gtgggctcca gtctgaggat gaggctgatt attactgtgcagcatgggat gacatcctga 720 atgttccggt attcggcgga gggaccaagc tgaccgtcctaggt 744 SC06-255 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 316)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTSYVLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTISCSGSTFNIGSNAVDWYRQLPGTAPKLLIYSNNQRPSGVPDRFSGSRSGTSASLAISGLQSEDEADYYCAAWDDILNVPVFGGGTKLT VLG SC06-255 VH aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 313)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSS SC06-255 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 314)SYVLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTISCSGSTFNIGSNAVDWYRQLPGTAPKLLIYSNNQRPSGVPDRFSGSRSGTSASLAISGLQSEDEADYYCAAWDDILNV PVFGGGTKLTVLG

The SC06-257 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 317) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 318) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 319and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 320. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VL2 (V1-4).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-257 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SYAIS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 571),GIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 572) and HMGYQVRETMDV (HCDR3, SEQID NO: 573). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-257 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: TGTSSDVGGYNYVS (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 577), EVSNRPS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 578) and SSYTSSSTY (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 579).

SC06-257 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 319) caggtccagc tggtgcagtctggggctgag gtgaagaagc 60 ctgggtcctc ggtgaaagtc tcttgcaagg cttctggaggccccttccgc agctatgcta 120 tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc cctggacaag ggcctgagtggatgggaggg atcatcccta 180 tttttggtac aacaaaatac gcaccgaagt tccaggcagagtcacgatt accgcggacg 240 atttcgcggg cacagtttac atggagctga gcagcctgcgatctgaggac acggccatgt 300 actactgtgc gaaacatatg gggtaccagg tgcgcgaaactatggacgtc tggggcaaag 360 ggaccacggt caccgtctcg agcggtacgg gcggttcaggcggaaccggc agcggcactg 420 gcgggtcgac gcagtctgcc ctgactcagc ctgccgccgtgtctgggtct cctggacagt 480 cgatcaccat ctcctgcact ggaaccagca gtgacgttggtggttataac tatgtctcct 540 ggtaccaaca gcacccaggc aaagccccca aactcatgatttatgaggtc agtaatcggc 600 cctcaggggt ttctaatcgc ttctctggct ccaagtctggcaacacggcc tccctgacca 660 tctctgggct ccaggctgag gacgaggctg attattactgcagctcatat acaagcagca 720 gcacttatgt cttcggaact gggaccaagg tcaccgtcctaggt 744 SC06-257 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 320)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTQSALTQPAAVSGSPGQSITISCTGTSSDVGGYNYVSWYQQHPGKAPKLMIYEVSNRPSGVSNRFSGSKSGNTASLTISGLQAEDEADYYCSSYTSSSTYVFGTGTKVT VLG SC06-257 VH aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 317)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSS SC06-257 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 318)QSALTQPAAVSGSPGQSITISCTGTSSDVGGYNYVSWYQQHPGKAPKLMIYEVSNRPSGVSNRFSGSKSGNTASLTISGLQAEDEADYYCSSYTSSST YVFGTGTKVTVLG

The SC06-260 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 321) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 322) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 323and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 324. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VL1 (V1-17).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-260 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SYAIS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 571),GIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 572) and HMGYQVRETMDV (HCDR3, SEQID NO: 573). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-260 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SGSRSNVGDNSVY (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 580), KNTQRPS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 581) and VAWDDSVDGYV (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 582).

SC06-260 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 323) gaggtgcagc tggtggagtctggggctgag gtgaagaagc 60 ctgggtcctc ggtgaaagtc tcttgcaagg cttctggaggccccttccgc agctatgcta 120 tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc cctggacaag ggcctgagtggatgggaggg atcatcccta 180 tttttggtac aacaaaatac gcaccgaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggacg 240 atttcgcggg cacagtttac atggagctga gcagcctgcgatctgaggac acggccatgt 300 actactgtgc gaaacatatg gggtaccagg tgcgcgaaactatggacgtc tggggcaaag 360 ggaccacggt caccgtctcg agcggtacgg gcggttcaggcggaaccggc agcggcactg 420 gcgggtcgac gtcctatgtg ctgactcagc caccctcagtctctgggacc cccgggcaga 480 gggtcaccat ctcttgctct ggaagccgct ccaacgtcggagataattct gtatattggt 540 atcaacacgt cccagaaatg gcccccaaac tcctcgtctataagaatact caacggccct 600 caggagtccc tgcccggttt tccggctcca agtctggcacttcagcctcc ctggccatca 660 ttggcctcca gtccggcgat gaggctgatt attattgtgtggcatgggat gacagcgtag 720 atggctatgt cttcggatct gggaccaagg tcaccgtcctaggt 744 SC06-260 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 324)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTSYVLTQPPSVSGTPGQRVTISCSGSRSNVGDNSVYWYQHVPEMAPKLLVYKNTQRPSGVPARFSGSKSGTSASLAIIGLQSGDEADYYCVAWDDSVDGYVFGSGTKVT VLG SC06-260 VH aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 321)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSS SC06-260 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 322)SYVLTQPPSVSGTPGQRVTISCSGSRSNVGDNSVYWYQHVPEMAPKLLVYKNTQRPSGVPARFSGSKSGTSASLAIIGLQSGDEADYYCVAWDDSVDG YVFGSGTKVTVLG

The SC06-261 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 325) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 326) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 327and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 328. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VL1 (V1-19).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-261 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SYAIS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 571),GIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 572) and HMGYQVRETMDV (HCDR3, SEQID NO: 573). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-261 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SGSSSNIGNDYVS (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 583), DNNKRPS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 584) and ATWDRRPTAYVV (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 585).

SC06-261 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 327). gaggtgcagc tggtggagtctggggctgag gtgaagaagc 60 ctgggtcctc ggtgaaagtc tcttgcaagg cttctggaggccccttccgc agctatgcta 120 tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc cctggacaag ggcctgagtggatgggaggg atcatcccta 180 tttttggtac aacaaaatac gcaccgaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggacg 240 atttcgcggg cacagtttac atggagctga gcagcctgcgatctgaggac acggccatgt 300 actactgtgc gaaacatatg gggtaccagg tgcgcgaaactatggacgtc tggggcaaag 360 ggaccacggt caccgtctcg agcggtacgg gcggttcaggcggaaccggc agcggcactg 420 gcgggtcgac gcagtctgtg ttgacgcagc cgccctcagtgtctgcggcc ccaggacaga 480 aggtcaccat ctcctgctct ggaagcagct ccaacattgggaatgattat gtatcctggt 540 accagcagct cccaggaaca gcccccaaac tcctcatttatgacaataat aagcgaccct 600 cagggattcc tgaccgattc tctggctcca agtctggcacgtcagccacc ctgggcatca 660 ccggactcca gactggggac gaggccaact attactgcgcaacatgggat cgccgcccga 720 ctgcttatgt tgtcttcggc ggagggacca agctgaccgtcctaggt 747 SC06-261 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 328)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTQSVLTQPPSVSAAPGQKVTISCSGSSSNIGNDYVSWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYDNNKRPSGIPDRFSGSKSGTSATLGITGLQTGDEANYYCATWDRRPTAYVVFGGGTKL TVLG SC06-261 VH aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 325)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSS SC06-261 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 326)SVLTQPPSVSAAPGQKVTISCSGSSSNIGNDYVSWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYDNNKRPSGIPDRFSGSKSGTSATLGITGLQTGDEANYYCATWDRRPTAY VVFGGGTKLTVLG

The SC06-262 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 329) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 330) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 331and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 332. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VKI (A20).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-262 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: GSAIS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 586),GISPLFGTTNYAQKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 587) and GPKYYSEYMDV (HCDR3, SEQ IDNO: 588). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-262 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: RASQGISSYLA (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 589), DASTLRS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 590) and QRYNSAPPI (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 591).

SC06-262 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 331) caggtacagc tgcagcagtcaggggctgag gtgaagaagc 60 ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc tcctgcaagg tttccggagtcattttcagc ggcagtgcga 120 tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc cctggacaag gccttgagtggatgggaggg atcagccctc 180 tctttggcac aacaaattac gcacaaaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggacc 240 aatccacgaa cacaacctac atggaggtga acagcctgagatatgaggac acggccgtgt 300 atttctgtgc gcgaggtcca aaatattaca gtgagtacatggacgtctgg ggcaaaggga 360 ccacggtcac cgtctcgagc ggtacgggcg gttcaggcggaaccggcagc ggcactggcg 420 ggtcgacgga catccagatg acccagtctc catcctccctgtctgcatct gtaggagaca 480 gagtcaccat cacttgccgg gcgagtcagg gcattagcagttatttagcc tggtatcagc 540 agaagccagg gaaagttcct acactcctga tctatgatgcatccactttg cgatcagggg 600 tcccatctcg cttcagtggc agtggatctg cgacagatttcactctcacc atcagcagcc 660 tgcagcctga agatgttgca acttattact gtcaaaggtataacagtgcc cccccgatca 720 ccttcggcca agggacacga ctggagatta aacgt 735SC06-262 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 332)QVQLQQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKVSGVIFSGSAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGISPLFGTTNYAQKFQGRVTITADQSTNTTYMEVNSLRYEDTAVYFCARGPKYYSEYMDVWGKGTTVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTDIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQGISSYLAWYQQKPGKVPTLLIYDASTLRSGVPSRFSGSGSATDFTLTISSLQPEDVATYYCQRYNSAPPITFGQGTRLEIKR SC06-262 VH amino acidsequence (SEQ ID NO: 329)QVQLQQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKVSGVIFSGSAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGISPLFGTTNYAQKFQGRVTITADQSTNTTYMEVNSLRYEDTAVYFCAR GPKYYSEYMDVWGKGTTVTVSSSC06-262 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 330)DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQGISSYLAWYQQKPGKVPTLLIYDASTLRSGVPSRFSGSGSATDFTLTISSLQPEDVATYYCQRYNSAPPIT FGQGTRLEIKR

The SC06-268 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 333) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 334) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 335and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 336. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VL3 (V2-14).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-268 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SYAIS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 571),GIMGMFGTTNYAQKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 592) and SSGYYPEYFQD (HCDR3, SEQ IDNO: 593). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-268 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SGHKLGDKYVS (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 594), QDNRRPS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 595) and QAWDSSTA (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 596).

SC06-268 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 335) caggtccagc tggtacagtctggggctgag gtgaagaagc 60 ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc tcctgcaagg cttctggaggcaccttcagt agttatgcta 120 tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc cctggacaag ggcttgagtggatgggagga atcatgggta 180 tgtttggcac aactaactac gcacagaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggacg 240 aattcacgag cgcagcctac atggagctga ggagcctgagatctgaggac acggccgtct 300 actactgtgc gaggtctagt ggttattacc ccgaatacttccaggactgg ggccagggca 360 ccctggtcac cgtctcgagc ggtacgggcg gttcaggcggaaccggcagc ggcactggcg 420 ggtcgacgca gtctgtgctg actcagccac cctcagagtccgtgtcccca ggacagacag 480 ccagcgtcac ctgctctgga cataaattgg gggataaatatgtttcgtgg tatcagcaga 540 agccaggcca gtcccctgta ttactcatct atcaagataacaggcggccc tcagggatcc 600 ctgagcgatt cataggctcc aactctggga acacagccactctgaccatc agcgggaccc 660 aggctctgga tgaggctgac tattactgtc aggcgtgggacagcagcact gcggttttcg 720 gcggagggac caagctgacc gtcctaggt 729 SC06-268amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 336)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIMGMFGTTNYAQKFQGRVTITADEFTSAAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCARSSGYYPEYFQDWGQGTLVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTQSVLTQPPSESVSPGQTASVTCSGHKLGDKYVSWYQQKPGQSPVLLIYQDNRRPSGIPERFIGSNSGNTATLTISGTQALDEADYYCQAWDSSTAVFGGGTKLTVLG SC06-268 VH amino acidsequence (SEQ ID NO: 333)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIMGMFGTTNYAQKFQGRVTITADEFTSAAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCAR SSGYYPEYFQDWGQGTLVTVSSSC06-268 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 334)QSVLTQPPSESVSPGQTASVTCSGHKLGDKYVSWYQQKPGQSPVLLIYQDNRRPSGIPERFIGSNSGNTATLTISGTQALDEADYYCQAWDSSTAVFG GGTKLTVLG

The SC06-272 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 337) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 338) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 339and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 340. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VL2 (V1-3).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-272 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SYAIT (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 597),GIIGMFGSTNYAQNFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 598) and STGYYPAYLHH (HCDR3, SEQ IDNO: 599). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-272 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: TGTSSDVGGYNYVS (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 577), DVSKRPS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 601) and SSYTSSSTHV (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 602).

SC06-272 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 339) cagatgcagc tggtgcagtctggggctgag gtgaagaagc 60 ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc tcctgcaagg cttctggaggcaccttctcc agttatgcta 120 tcacctgggt gcgacaggcc cctggacaag ggcttgagtggatgggaggg atcatcggta 180 tgtttggttc aacaaactac gcacagaact tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggacg 240 aatccacgag cacagcctac atggagctga gcagcctcagatctgaggac acggccgtgt 300 attactgtgc gagaagtact ggttattacc ctgcatacctccaccactgg ggccagggca 360 ccctggtcac cgtctcgagc ggtacgggcg gttcaggcggaaccggcagc ggcactggcg 420 ggtcgacgca gtctgccctg actcagcctc gctcagtgtccgggtctcct ggacagtcag 480 tcaccatctc ctgcactgga accagcagtg atgttggtggttataactat gtctcctggt 540 accaacagca cccaggcaaa gcccccaaac tcatgatttatgatgtcagt aagcggccct 600 caggggtccc tgatcgcttc tctggctcca agtctggcaacacggcctcc ctgaccatct 660 ctgggctcca ggctgaggat gaggctgatt attactgcagctcatataca agcagcagca 720 ctcatgtctt cggaactggg accaaggtca ccgtcctagg t741 SC06-272 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 340)QMQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAITWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIGMFGSTYAQNFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARSTGYYPAYLHHWGQGTLVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTQSALTQPRSVSGSPGQSVTISCTGTSSDVGGYNYVSWYQQHPGKAPKLMIYDVSKRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGNTASLTISGLQAEDEADYYCSSYTSSSTHVFGTGTKVTVLG SC06-272 VH amino acidsequence (SEQ ID NO: 337)QMQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAITWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIGMFGSTNYAQNFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCAR STGYYPAYLHHWGQGTLVTVSSSC06-272 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 338)QSALTQPRSVSGSPGQSVTISCTGTSSDVGGYNYVSWYQQHPGKAPKLMIYDVSKRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGNTASLTISGLQAEDEADYYCSSYTSSST HVFGTGTKVTVLG

The SC06-296 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 341) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 342) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 343and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 344. The VH-locus is VH1(1-2) and the VL locus is VKIII (A27).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-296 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SYYMH (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 603),WINPNSGGTNYAQKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 604) and EGKWGPQAAFDI (HCDR3, SEQID NO: 605). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-296 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: RASQSVSSSYLA (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 646), DASSRAT(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 607) and QQYGSSLW (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 608).

SC06-296 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 343) gaggtgcagc tggtggagaccggggctgag gtgaagaagc 60 ctggggcctc agtgaaggtt tcctgcaagg catctggatacaccttcacc agctactata 120 tgcactgggt gcgacaggcc cctggacaag ggcttgagtggatgggatgg atcaacccta 180 acagtggtgg cacaaactat gcacagaagt ttcagggcagggtcaccatg accagggaca 240 cgtccatcag cacagcctac atggagctga gcaggctgagatctgacgac acggccgtgt 300 attactgtgc gagagagggg aaatggggac ctcaagcggcttttgatatc tggggccaag 360 ggacaatggt caccgtctcg agcggtacgg gcggttcaggcggaaccggc agcggcactg 420 gcgggtcgac ggaaattgtg atgacgcagt ctccaggcaccctgtctttg tctccagggg 480 aaagagccac cctctcctgc agggccagtc agagtgttagcagcagctac ttagcctggt 540 accagcagaa acctggccag gctcccaggc tcctcatctatgatgcatcc agcagggcca 600 ctgacatccc agacaggttc agtggcagtg ggtctgggacagacttcact ctcaccatca 660 gcagactgga gcctgaagat tttgcagtgt attactgtcagcagtatggt agctcacttt 720 ggacgttcgg ccaagggacc aaggtggaga tcaaacgt 738SC06-296 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 344)EVQLVETGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTSYYMHWVRQAPGQGLEWMGWINPNSGGTNYAQKFQGRVTMTRDTSISTAYMELSRLRSDDTAVYYCAREGKWGPQAAFDIWGQGTMVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTEIVMTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYDASSRATDIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSLWTFGQGTKVEIKR SC06-296VH amino acidsequence (SEQ ID NO: 341)EVQLVETGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTSYYMHWVRQAPGQGLEWMGWINPNSGGTNYAQKFQGRVTMTRDTSISTAYMELSRLRSDDTAVYYCAREGKWGPQAAFDIWGQGTMVTVSS SC06-296 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 342)EIVMTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYDASSRATDIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSLWT FGQGTKVEIKR

The SC06-301 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 345) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 346) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 347and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 348. The VH-locus is VH1(3-23) and the VL locus is VKII (A3).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-301 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: IYAMS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 609),AISSSGDSTYYADSVKG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 610) and AYGYTFDP (HCDR3, SEQ IDNO: 611). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-301 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: RSSQSLLHSNGYNYLD (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 612),LGSNRAS (LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 613) and MQALQTPL (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 614).

SC06-301 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 347) gaggtgcagc tggtagagtctgggggaggc ttggtacagc 60 ctggggggtc cctgagactc tcctgtgcag cctctggattcacctttagc atctatgcca 120 tgagctgggt ccgccaggca ccagggaagg ggctggagtgggtctcagct attagtagta 180 gtggtgatag cacatactac gcagactccg tgaagggccggttcaccatc tccagagaca 240 acgccaggaa cacgctgtat ctgcaaatga acagtctgagagccgaggac acggctgtgt 300 attactgtgc gagagcgtat ggctacacgt tcgacccctggggccaggga accctggtca 360 ccgtctcgag cggtacgggc ggttcaggcg gaaccggcagcggcactggc gggtcgacgg 420 aaattgtgct gactcagtct ccactctccc tgcccgtcacccctggagag ccggcctcca 480 tctcctgcag gtctagtcag agcctcctgc atagtaatggatacaactat ttggattggt 540 acctgcagaa gccagggcag tctccacagc tcctgatctatttgggttct aatcgggcct 600 ccggggtccc tgacaggttc agtggcagtg gatcaggcacagattttaca ctgaaaatca 660 gcagagtgga ggctgaggat gttggggttt attactgcatgcaagctcta caaactcccc 720 tcactttcgg cggagggacc aaggtggaga tcaaacgt 738SC06-301 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 348)EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSIYAMSWVRQAPGKGLEWVSAISSSGDSTYYADSVKGRFTISRDNARNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARAYGYTFDPWGQGTLVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTEIVLTQSPLSLPVTPGEPASISCRSSQSLLHSNGYNYLDWYLQKPGQSPQLLIYLGSNRASGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLKISRVEAEDVGVYYCMQALQTPLTFGGGTKVEIKR SC06-301 VH aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 345)EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSIYAMSWVRQAPGKGLEWVSAISSSGDSTYYADSVKGRFTISRDNARNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCAR AYGYTFDPWGQGTLVTVSSSC06-301 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 346)EIVLTQSPLSLPVTPGEPASISCRSSQSLLHSNGYNYLDWYLQKPGQSPQLLIYLGSNRASGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLKISRVEAEDVGVYYCMQALQ TPLTFGGGTKVEIKR

The SC06-307 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 349) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 350) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 351and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 352. The VH-locus is VH3(3-21) and the VL locus is VKIII (A27).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-307 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SYSMN (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 615),SISSSSSYIYYVDSVKG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 616) and GGGSYGAYEGFDY (HCDR3, SEQID NO: 617). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-307 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: RASQRVSSYLA (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 618), GASTRAA(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 619) and QQYGRTPLT (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 620).

SC06-307 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 351) caggtccagc tggtgcagtctgggggaggc ctggtcaagc 60 ctggggggtc cctgagactc tcctgtgcag cctctggattcaccttcagt agctatagca 120 tgaactgggt ccgccaggct ccagggaagg ggctggagtgggtctcatcc attagtagta 180 gtagtagtta catatactac gtagactcag tgaagggccgattcaccatc tccagagaca 240 acgccaagaa ctcactgtat ctgcaaatga acagcctgagagccgaggac acggctgtgt 300 attactgtgc gagaggtggt gggagctacg gggcctacgaaggctttgac tactggggcc 360 agggcaccct ggtcaccgtc tcgagcggta cgggcggttcaggcggaacc ggcagcggca 420 ctggcgggtc gacggaaatt gtgctgactc agtctccaggcaccctgtct ttgtctccag 480 gggaaagagc caccctctcc tgcagggcca gtcagcgtgttagcagctac ttagcctggt 540 accaacagaa acctggccag gctcccaggc tcctcatctatggtgcatcc accagggccg 600 ctggcatccc agacaggttc agtggcagtg ggtctgggacagacttcact ctcaccatca 660 gcagactgga gcctgaagat tctgcagtgt attactgtcagcagtatggt aggacaccgc 720 tcactttcgg cggagggacc aaggtggaga tcaaacgt 738SC06-307 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 352)QVQLVQSGGGLVKPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSSYSMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVSSISSSSSYIYYVDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNSLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARGGGSYGAYEGFDYWGQGTLVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTEIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQRVSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASTRAAGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDSAVYYCQQYGRTPLTFGGGTKVEIKR SC06-307 VH aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 349)QVQLVQSGGGLVKPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSSYSMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVSSISSSSSYIYYVDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNSLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARGGGSYGAYEGFDYWGQGTLVTVSS SC06-307 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:350) EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQRVSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASTRAAGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDSAVYYCQQYGRTPLTF GGGTKVEIKR

The SC06-310 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 353) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 354) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 355and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 356. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VL3 (V2-14).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-310 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SYAIS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 571),GIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 572) and HMGYQVRETMDV (HCDR3, SEQID NO: 573). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-310 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: GGNNIGSKSVH (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 621), DDSDRPS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 622) and QVWDSSSDHAV (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 623).

SC06-310 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 355) gaggtgcagc tggtggagtctggggctgag gtgaagaagc 60 ctgggtcctc ggtgaaagtc tcttgcaagg cttctggaggccccttccgc agctatgcta 120 tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc cctggacaag ggcctgagtggatgggaggg atcatcccta 180 tttttggtac aacaaaatac gcaccgaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggacg 240 atttcgcggg cacagtttac atggagctga gcagcctgcgatctgaggac acggccatgt 300 actactgtgc gaaacatatg gggtaccagg tgcgcgaaactatggacgtc tggggcaaag 360 ggaccacggt caccgtctcg agcggtacgg gcggttcaggcggaaccggc agcggcactg 420 gcgggtcgac gtcctatgtg ctgactcagc caccctcggtgtcagtggcc ccaggacaga 480 cggccaggat tacctgtggg ggaaacaaca ttggaagtaaaagtgtgcac tggtaccagc 540 agaagccagg ccaggcccct gtgctggtcg tctatgatgatagcgaccgg ccctcaggga 600 tccctgagcg attctctggc tccaactctg ggaacacggccaccctgacc atcagcaggg 660 tcgaagccgg ggatgaggcc gactattact gtcaggtgtgggatagtagt agtgatcatg 720 ctgtgttcgg aggaggcacc cagctgaccg tcctcggt 738SC06-310 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 356)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTSYVLTQPPSVSVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGSKSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWDSSSDHAVFGGGTQLTVLG SC06-310 VH aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 353)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSS SC06-310 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 354)SYVLTQPPSVSVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGSKSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWDSSSDHAV FGGGTQLTVLG

The SC06-314 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 357) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 358) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 359and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 360. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VL1 (V1-17).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-314 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SYAIS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 571),GIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 572) and HMGYQVRETMDV (HCDR3, SEQID NO: 573). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-314 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SGSSSNIGSNYVY (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 624), RDGQRPS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 625) and ATWDDNLSGPV (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 626).

SC06-314 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 359) gaggtgcagc tggtggagtctggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaagtc 60 tcttgcaagg cttctggaggccccttccgc agctatgcta tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaag ggcctgagtggatgggaggg atcatcccta tttttggtac aacaaaatac 180 gcaccgaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggacg atttcgcggg cacagtttac 240 atggagctga gcagcctgcgatctgaggac acggccatgt actactgtgc gaaacatatg 300 gggtaccagg tgcgcgaaactatggacgtc tggggcaaag ggaccacggt caccgtctcg 360 agcggtacgg gcggttcaggcggaaccggc agcggcactg gcgggtcgac gtcctatgtg 420 ctgactcagc caccctcagcgtctgggacc cccgggcaga gggtcaccat ctcttgttct 480 ggaagcagct ccaacatcggaagtaattat gtatactggt accagcagct cccaggcacg 540 gcccccaaac tcctcatctatagggatggt cagcggccct caggggtccc tgaccgattc 600 tctggctcca agtctggcacctcagcctcc ctggccatca gtggactccg gtccgatgat 660 gaggctgatt attactgtgcaacatgggat gacaacctga gtggtccagt attcggcgga 720 gggaccaagc tgaccgtcctaggt 744 SC06-314 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 360)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTSYVLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTISCSGSSSNIGSNYVYWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYRDGQRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGTSASLAISGLRSDDEADYYCATWDDNLSGPVFGGGTKLTVLG SC06-314VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 357)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSS SC06-314 VLamino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 358)SYVLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTISCSGSSSNIGSNYVYWYQQLPGTAPKWYRDGQRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGTSASLAISGLRSDDEADYYCATWDDNLSGPVFGGGTKLTVLG

The SC06-323 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 361) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 362) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 363and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 364. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VKIII (A27).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-323 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SYGIS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 627),DIIGMFGSTNYAQNFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 628) and SSGYYPAYLPH (HCDR3, SEQ IDNO: 629). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-323 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: RASQSVSSSYLA (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 646), GASSRAT(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 631) and QQYGSSPRT (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 632).

SC06-323 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 363) gaggtgcagc tggtggagtctggggctgag gtgaagaagc cagggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgtaagg cctctggaggcaccttctcc agctatggta tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaag ggcttgagtggatgggagac atcatcggta tgtttggttc aacaaactac 180 gcacagaact tccagggcagactcacgatt accgcggacg aatccacgag cacagcctac 240 atggagctga gcagcctgagatctgaggac acggccgtgt attactgtgc gagaagtagt 300 ggttattacc ctgcatacctcccccactgg ggccagggca ccttggtcac cgtctcgagc 360 ggtacgggcg gttcaggcggaaccggcagc ggcactggcg ggtcgacgga aattgtgttg 420 acccagtctc caggcaccctgtctttgtct ccaggggaaa gagccaccct ctcctgcagg 480 gccagtcaga gtgttagcagcagctactta gcctggtacc agcagaaacc tggccaggct 540 cccaggctcc tcatctatggtgcatccagc agggccactg gcatcccaga caggttcagt 600 ggcagtgggt ctgggacagacttcactctc accatcagca gactggagcc tgaagatttt 660 gcagtgtatt actgtcagcagtatggtagc tcacccagaa ctttcggcgg agggaccaag 720 gtggagatca aacgt 735SC06-323 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 364)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYGISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGDIIGMFGSTNYAQNFQGRLTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARSSGYYPAYLPHWGQGTLVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTEIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASSRATGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSPRTFGGGTKVEIKR SC06-323 VHamino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 361)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYGISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGDIIGMFGSTNYAQNFQGRLTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARSSGYYPAYLPHWGQGTLVTVSS SC06-323 VLamino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 362)EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASSRATGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSPRTFGGGTKVEIKR

The SC06-325 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 365) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 366) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 367and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 368. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VL2 (V1-4).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-325 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: FYSMS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 633),GIIPMFGTTNYAQKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 634) and GDKGIYYYYMDV (HCDR3, SEQID NO: 635). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-325 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: TGTSSDVGGYNYVS (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 577), EVSNRPS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 578) and SSYTSSSTLV (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 636).

SC06-325 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 367) gaggtgcagc tggtggagtctggggctgag gtgaagaagc cggggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaagg cttctggaggcaccttcagc ttctattcta tgagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaag gacttgagtggatgggaggg atcatcccta tgtttggtac aacaaactac 180 gcacagaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggtcg aatccacgag cacagcctac 240 atggaggtga gcagcctgagatctgaggac acggccgttt attactgtgc gagaggtgat 300 aagggtatct actactactacatggacgtc tggggcaaag ggaccacggt caccgtctcg 360 agcggtacgg gcggttcaggcggaaccggc agcggcactg gcgggtcgac gcagtctgcc 420 ctgactcagc ctgcctccgtgtctgggtct cctggacagt cgatcaccat ctcctgcact 480 ggaaccagca gtgacgttggtggttataac tatgtctcct ggtaccaaca gcacccaggc 540 aaagccccca aactcatgatttatgaggtc agtaatcggc cctcaggggt ttctaatcgc 600 ttctctggct ccaagtctggcaacacggcc tccctgacca tctctgggct ccaggctgag 660 gacgaggctg attattactgcagctcatat acaagcagca gcactcttgt cttcggaact 720 gggaccaagg tcaccgtcctaggt 744 SC06-325 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 368)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSFYSMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIPMFGTTNYAQKFQGRVTITAVESTSTAYMEVSSLRSEDTAVYYCARGDKGIYYYYMDVWGKGTTVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTQSALTQPASVSGSPGQSITISCTGTSSDVGGYNYVSWYQQHPGKAPKLMIYEVSNRPSGVSNRFSGSKSGNTASLTISGLQAEDEADYYCSSYTSSSTLVFGTGTKVTVLGSC06-325 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 365)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSFYSMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIPMFGTTNYAQKFQGRVTITAVESTSTAYMEVSSLRSEDTAVYYCARGDKGIYYYYMDVWGKGTTVTVSS SC06-325VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 366)QSALTQPASVSGSPGQSITISCTGTSSDVGGYNYVSWYQQHPGKAPKLMIYEVSNRPSGVSNRFSGSKSGNTASLTISGLQAEDEADYYCSSYTSSSTLVFGTGTKVTVLG

The SC06-327 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 369) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 370) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 371and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 372. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VL3 (V2-14).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-327 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: THAIS (SEQ ID NO: 637), GIIAIFGTANYAQKFQG (SEQID NO: 638) and GSGYHISTPFDN (SEQ ID NO: 639). The light chain CDRs ofthe SC06-327 antibody have the following CDR sequences: GGNNIGSKGVH (SEQID NO: 640), DDSDRPS (SEQ ID NO: 622) and QVWDSSSDHVV (SEQ ID NO: 642).

SC06-327 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 371) gaggtgcagc tggtggagaccggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaagg cctctggaggcaccttcagg acccatgcta tcagttgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaag ggcttgagtggatgggaggg atcatcgcta tcttcggaac agcaaactac 180 gcacagaagt tccagggcagaatcacgatt accgcggacg aatccacgag tacagcctac 240 atggagctga gcagcctgagatctgaggac acggccgtgt atttctgtgc gagaggcagt 300 ggttatcata tatcgacaccctttgacaac tggggccagg gaaccctggt caccgtctcg 360 agcggtacgg gcggttcaggcggaaccggc agcggcactg gcgggtcgac gtcctatgtg 420 ctgactcagc caccctcggtgtcagtggcc ccaggacaga cggccaggat tacctgtggg 480 ggaaacaaca ttggaagtaaaggtgtgcac tggtaccagc agaagcctgg ccaggcccct 540 gtgctggtcg tctatgatgatagcgaccgg ccctcaggga tccctgagcg attctctggc 600 tccaactctg ggaacacggccaccctgacc atcagcaggg tcgaagccgg ggatgaggcc 660 gactattact gtcaggtgtgggatagtagt agtgatcatg tggtattcgg cggagggacc 720 aagctgaccg tcctaggt 738SC06-327 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 372)EVQLVETGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFRTHAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIAIFGTANYAQKFQGRITITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYFCARGSGYHISTPFDNWGQGTLVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTSYVLTQPPSVSVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGSKGVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWDSSSDHVVFGGGTKLTVLG SC06-327VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 369)EVQLVETGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFRTHAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIAIFGTANYAQKFQGRITITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYFCARGSGYHISTPFDNWGQGTLVTVSS SC06-327 VLamino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 370)SYVLTQPPSVSVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGSKGVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWDSSSDHVVFGGGTKLTVLG

The SC06-328 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 373) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 374) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 375and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 376. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VKIII (A27).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-328 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: GYAIS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 643),GIIPIFGTTNYAQKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 644) and VKDGYCTLTSCPVGWYFDL(HCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 645). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-328 antibodyhave the following CDR sequences: RASQSVSSSYLA (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 646),GASSRAT (LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 631) and QQYGSSLT (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 648).

SC06-328 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 375) gaggtgcagc tggtggagtctggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaagg cttctggacacatcttcagc ggctatgcaa tcagttgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaag ggcttgagtggatgggaggg atcatcccta tctttggtac aacaaactac 180 gcacagaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggacc aatccacgag cacagcctac 240 atggacctga gcaacttgagatctgaggac acggccgtct attactgtgc gagagtgaaa 300 gatggatatt gtactcttaccagctgccct gtcggctggt acttcgatct ctggggccgt 360 ggcaccctgg tcactgtctcgagcggtacg ggcggttcag gcggaaccgg cagcggcact 420 ggcgggtcga cggaaattgtgatgacgcag tctccaggca ccctgtcttt gtctccaggg 480 gaaagagcca ccctctcgtgcagggccagt cagagtgtta gcagcagcta cttagcctgg 540 taccagcaga aacctggccaggctcccagg ctcctcatct ttggtgcctc cagcagggcc 600 actggcatcc cagacaggttcagtggcagt gggtctggga cagacttcac tctcaccatc 660 agcagactgg agcctgaagattttgcagtg tattactgtc agcagtatgg tagctcactc 720 actttcggcg gagggaccaagctggagatc aaacgt 756 SC06-328 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 376)EVALVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGHIFSGYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIPIFGTTNYAQKFQGRVTITADQSTSTAYMDLSNLRSEDTAVYYCARVKDGYCTLTSCPVGWYFDLWGRGTLVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTEIVMTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIFGASSRATGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSLT FGGGTKLEIKRSC06-328 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 373)EVALVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGHIFSGYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIPIFGTTNYAQKFQGRVTITADQSTSTAYMDLSNLRSEDTAVYYCARVKDGYCTLTSCPVGWYFDLWGR GTLVTVSSSC06-328 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 374)EIVMTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIFGASSRATGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSLTFGGGTKLEIKR

The SC06-329 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 377) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 378) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 379and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 380. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VKIII (A27).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-329 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SNSIS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 649),GIFALFGTTDYAQKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 650) and GSGYTTRNYFDY (HCDR3, SEQID NO: 651). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-329 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: RASQSVSSNYLG (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 652), GASSRAS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 653) and QQYGSSPLT (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 654).

SC06-329 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 379) gaggtccagc tggtacagtctggggctgag gttaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaagg cttctggaggcatcttcaga agcaattcta tcagttgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctgggcaag ggcttgagtggatgggaggg atcttcgctc ttttcggaac aacagactac 180 gcgcagaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggacg aatcttcgac cacagtctac 240 ctggagctga gtagcctgacatctgaggac acggccgttt attactgtgc gagaggcagt 300 ggctacacca cacgcaactactttgactac tggggccagg gcaccctggt caccgtctcg 360 agcggtacgg gcggttcaggcggaaccggc agcggcactg gcgggtcgac ggaaattgtg 420 ctgactcagt ctccaggcaccctgtctttg tctccagggg aaagagccac actctcctgc 480 agggccagtc agagtgttagcagcaactac ttaggctggt accagcagaa acctggccag 540 gctcccaggc tcctgatctatggtgcatcc agcagggcca gtggcatccc agacaggttc 600 agtggcggtg ggtctgggacagacttcact ctcaccatca gcagactgga gcctgaagat 660 tttgcagtgt attactgtcagcagtatggt agctcacccc tcactttcgg cggagggacc 720 aaggtggaga tcaaacgt 738SC06-329 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 380)EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGIFRSNSISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIFALFGTTDYAQKFQGRVTITADESSTTVYLELSSLTSEDTAVYYCARGSGYTTRNYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTEIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSNYLGWTQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASSRASGIPDRFSGGGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSPLTFGGGTKVEIKR SC06-329 VHamino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 377)EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGIFRSNSISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIFALFGTTDYAQKFQGRVTITADESSTTVYLELSSLTSEDTAVYYCARGSGYTTRNYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS SC06-329 VLamino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 378)EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSNYLGWTQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASSRASGIPDRFSGGGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSPLTFGGGTKVEIKR

The SC06-331 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 381) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 382) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 383and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 384. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VL3 (V2-14).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-331antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SYAIS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 571),GIIGMFGTANYAQKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 655) and GNYYYESSLDY (HCDR3, SEQ IDNO: 656). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-331 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: GGNNIGSKSVH (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 621), DDSDRPS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 622) and QVWDSSSDH (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 657).

SC06-331 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 383) gaggtgcagc tggtggagtctggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaagg cttctggaggcaccttcagc agctatgcta tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaag ggcttgagtggatgggaggg atcatcggta tgttcggtac agcaaactac 180 gcacagaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggacg aatttacgag cacagcctac 240 atggagctga gcagcctgagatctgaggac acggccgtgt attactgtgc gagaggaaat 300 tattactatg agagtagtctcgactactgg ggccagggaa ccctggtcac cgtctcgagc 360 ggtacgggcg gttcaggcggaaccggcagc ggcactggcg ggtcgacgca gtctgtcgtg 420 acgcagccgc cctcggtgtcagtggcccca ggacagacgg ccaggattac ctgtggggga 480 aacaacattg gaagtaaaagtgtgcactgg taccagcaga agccaggcca ggcccctgtg 540 ctggtcgtct atgatgatagcgaccggccc tcagggatcc ctgagcgatt ctctggctcc 600 aactctggga acacggccaccctgaccatc agcagggtcg aagccgggga tgaggccgac 660 tattactgtc aggtgtgggatagtagtagt gatcattatg tcttcggaac tgggaccaag 720 gtcaccgtcc taggt 735SC06-331 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 384)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIGMFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADEFTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARGNYYYESSLDYWGQGTLVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTQSVVTQPPSVSVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGSKSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWDSSSDHYVFGTGTKVTVLG SC06-331VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 381)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIGMFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADEFTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARGNYYYESSLDYWGQGTLVTVSS SC06-331 VLamino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 382)QSVVTQPPSVSVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGSKSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWDSSSDHYVFGTGTKVTVLG

The SC06-332 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 385) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 386) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 387and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 388. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VKI (A20).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-332 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: NFAIN (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 658),GIIAVFGTTKYAHKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 659) and GPHYYSSYMDV (HCDR3, SEQ IDNO: 660). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-332 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: RASQGISTYLA (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 661), AASTLQS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 662) and QKYNSAPS (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 663).

SC06-332 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 387) caggtgcagc tggtgcagtctggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtaaaggtc 60 tcctgcaagg cttctggaggccccttccgc aattttgcta tcaactgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaag ggcttgagtggatgggaggg atcatcgctg tctttgggac gacaaagtac 180 gcacataagt tccagggcagagtcaccatc accgcggacg actccacaaa tacagcttac 240 atggagctgg gcagcctgaaatctgaggac acggccgtgt attactgtgc gagaggtccc 300 cactactact cctcctacatggacgtctgg ggcgaaggga ccacggtcac cgtctcgagc 360 ggtacgggcg gttcaggcggaaccggcagc ggcactggcg ggtcgacgga catccagttg 420 acccagtctc catcctccctgtctgcatct gtaggagaca gagtcaccat cacttgccgg 480 gcgagtcagg gcattagcacttatttagcc tggtatcagc agaaacccgg gaaagttcct 540 aaactcctga tctatgctgcatccactttg caatcagggg tcccatctcg gttcagtggc 600 agtggatctg ggacagatttcactctcacc atcagcagcc tgcagcctga agatgttgca 660 acttattact gtcaaaagtataacagtgcc ccttctttcg gccctgggac caaagtggat 720 atcaaacgt 729 SC06-332amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 388)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRNFAINWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIAVFGTTKYAHKFQGRVTITADDSTNTAYMELGSLKSEDTAVYYCARGPHYYSSYMDVWGEGTTVTVSSGTGGDGGTGSGTGGSTDIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQGISTYLAWYQQKPGKVPKLLIYAASTLQSGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDVATYYCQKYNSAPSFGPGTKVDIKR SC06-332 VHamino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 385)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRNFAINWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIAVFGTTKYAHKFQGRVTITADDSTNTAYMELGSLKSEDTAVYYCARGPHYYSSYMDVWGEGTTVTVSS SC06-332 VLamino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 386)DIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQGISTYLAWYQQKPGKVPKLLIYAASTLQSGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDVATYYCQKYNSAPSFGPGTKVDIKR

The SC06-334 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 389) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 390) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 391and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 392. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VL3 (V2-14).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-334 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SNAVS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 664),GILGVFGSPSYAQKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 665) and GPTYYYSYMDV (HCDR3, SEQ IDNO: 666). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-334 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: GGNNIGRNSVH (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 667), DDSDRPS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 622) and QVWHSSSDHYV (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 669).

SC06-334 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 391) gaggtgcagc tggtggagactggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 ccctgcaaat cttctggaagccccttcagg agtaatgctg tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cccggacaag ggcttgagtgggtgggagga atcctcggtg tctttggttc accaagctac 180 gcacagaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggacg aatccaccaa cacagtccac 240 atggagctga gaggtttgagatctgaggac acggccgtgt attattgtgc gagaggtcct 300 acctactact actcctacatggacgtctgg ggcaaaggga ccacggtcac cgtctcgagc 360 ggtacgggcg gttcaggcggaaccggcagc ggcactggcg ggtcgacgtc ctatgtgctg 420 actcagccac cctcggagtcagtggcccca ggacagacgg ccaggattac ctgtggggga 480 aataacattg gaagaaatagtgtgcactgg tatcagcaga agccaggcca ggcccctgtg 540 ctggtcgtgt atgatgatagcgaccggccc tcagggatcc ctgagcgatt ttctggctcc 600 aagtctggga acacggccaccctgattatc agcagggtcg aagtcgggga tgaggccgac 660 tactactgtc aggtgtggcatagtagtagt gatcattatg tcttcggaac tgggaccaag 720 gtcaccgtcc taggt 735SC06-334 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 392)EVALVETGAEVKKPGSSVKVPCKSSGSPFRSNAVSWVRQAPGQGLEWVGGILGVFGSPSYAQKFQGRVTITADESTNTVHMELRGLRSEDTAVYYCARGPTYYYSYMDVWGKGTTVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTSYVLTQPPSESVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGRNSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSKSGNTATLIISRVEVGDEADYYCQVWHSSSDHYVFGTGTKVTVLG SC06-334VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 389)EVALVETGAEVKKPGSSVKVPCKSSGSPFRSNAVSWVRQAPGQGLEWVGGILGVFGSPSYAQKFQGRVTITADESTNTVHMELRGLRSEDTAVYYCARGPTYYYSYMDVWGKGTTVTVSS SC06-334 VLamino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 390)SYVLTQPPSESVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGRNSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSKSGNTATLIISRVEVGDEADYYCQVWHSSSDHYVFGTGTKVTVLG

The SC06-336 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 393) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 394) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 395and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 396. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VKIII (A27).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-336 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SYAIS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 670),GIFGMFGTANYAQKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 671) and SSGYYPQYFQD (HCDR3, SEQ IDNO: 672). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-336 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: RASQSVSSSYLA (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 646), GASSRAT(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 631) and QQYGSSSLT (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 308).

SC06-336 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 395) cagatgcagc tggtacaatctggagctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaagg cttctggaggcaccttcagc agctatgcta tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaag ggcttgagtggatgggaggg atcttcggta tgtttgggac agcaaactac 180 gcgcagaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggacg aattcacgag cgcggcctac 240 atggagctga gcagcctgggatctgaggac acggccatgt attactgtgc gaggtctagt 300 ggttattacc cccaatacttccaggactgg ggccagggca ccctggtcac cgtctcgagc 360 ggtacgggcg gttcaggcggaaccggcagc ggcactggcg ggtcgacgga aattgtgatg 420 acacagtctc caggcaccctgtctttgtct ccagggcaaa gagccaccct ctcctgcagg 480 gccagtcaga gtgttagcagcagctactta gcctggtacc agcagaaacc tggccaggct 540 cccagactcc tcatgtatggtgcatccagc agggccactg gcatcccaga caggttcagt 600 ggcagtgggt ctgggacagacttcactctc accatcagca gactggagcc tgaagatttt 660 gcagtgtatt actgtcagcagtatggtagc tcatcgctca ctttcggcgg agggaccaag 720 ctggagatca aacgt 735SC06-336 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 396)QMQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIFGMFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADEFTSAAYMELSSLGSEDTAMYYCARSSGYYPQYFQDWGQGTLVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTEIVMTQSPGTLSLSPGQRATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLMYGASSRATGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSSLTFGGGTKLEIKR SC06-336VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 393)QMQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIFGMFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADEFTSAAYMELSSLGSEDTAMYYCARSSGYYPQYFQDWGQGTLVTVSS SC06-336VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 394)EIVMTQSPGTLSLSPGQRATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLMYGASSRATGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSSLTFGGGTKLEIKR

The SC06-339 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 397) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 398) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 399and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 400. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VL3 (V2-14).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-339 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SYAIS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 303),GIIAIFHTPKYAQKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 306) and GSTYDFSSGLDY (HCDR3, SEQID NO: 725). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-339 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: GGNNIGSKSVH (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 621), DDSDRPS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 622) and QVWDSSSDHVV (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 642).

SC06-339 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 399) gaggtgcagc tggtggagtccggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaagg cttctggaggcatcttcaac agttatgcta tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaag ggcttgagtggatgggaggc atcatcgcta tctttcatac accaaagtac 180 gcacagaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggacg aatccacgaa cacagcctac 240 atggaactga gaagcctgaaatctgaggac acggccctgt attactgtgc gagagggtcc 300 acttacgatt tttcgagtggccttgactac tggggccagg gaaccctggt caccgtctcg 360 agcggtacgg gcggttcaggcggaaccggc agcggcactg gcgggtcgac gcaggcaggg 420 ctgactcagc caccctcggtgtcagtggcc ccaggacaga cggccaggat tacctgtggg 480 ggaaacaaca ttggaagtaaaagtgtgcac tggtaccagc agaagccagg ccaggcccct 540 gtcctagtcg tctatgatgatagcgaccgg ccctcaggga tccctgagcg attctctggc 600 tccaactctg ggaacacggccaccctgacc atcagcaggg tcgaagccgg ggatgaggcc 660 gactattact gtcaggtgtgggatagtagt agtgatcatg tggtattcgg cggagggacc 720 aagctgaccg tcctaggt 738SC06-339 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 400)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGIFNSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIAIFHTPKYAQKFQGRVTITADESTNTAYMELRSLKSEDTALYYCARGSTYDFSSGLDYWGQGTLVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTQAGLTQPPSVSVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGSKSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWDSSSDHVVFGGGTKLTVLG SC06-339VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 397)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGIFNSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIAIFHTPKYAQKFQGRVTITADESTNTAYMELRSLKSEDTALYYCARGSTYDFSSGLDYWGQGTLVTVSS SC06-339 VLamino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 398)QAGLTQPPSVSVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGSKSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWDSSSDHVVFGGGTKLTVLG

The SC06-342 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 401) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 402) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 403and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 404. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VKIV (B3).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-342 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: SYAIS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 251),GVIPIFRTANYAQNFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 249) and LNYHDSGTYYNAPRGWFDP(HCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 246). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-342 antibodyhave the following CDR sequences: KSSQSILNSSNNKNYLA (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO:245), WASTRES (LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 570) and QQYYSSPPT (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO:250).

SC06-342 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 403) caggtccagc tggtgcagtctggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaagg cttctggaggcttcttcagc agctatgcta tcagctgggt gcgccaggcc 120 cctggacaag gacttgagtggatggggggg gtcatcccta tctttcgtac agcaaactac 180 gcacagaact tccagggcagagtcaccatt accgcggacg aattcacatc gtatatggag 240 ctgagcagcc tgagatctgacgacacggcc gtgtattact gtgcgaggtt gaattaccat 300 gattcgggga cttattataacgccccccgg ggctggttcg acccctgggg ccagggaacc 360 ctggtcaccg tctcgagcggtacgggcggt tcaggcggaa ccggcagcgg cactggcggg 420 tcgacggaca tccagatgacccagtctcca gactccctgg ctgtgtctct gggcgagaag 480 gccaccatca actgcaagtccagccagagt attttaaaca gctccaacaa taagaactac 540 ttagcttggt accagcagaaaccaggacag cctcctaagc tgctcattta ctgggcatct 600 acccgggaat ccggggtccctgaccgattc agtggcagcg ggtctgggac agatttcact 660 ctcaccatca gcagcctgcaggctgaagat gtggcagttt attactgtca gcaatattat 720 agtagtccgc cgacgttcggccaagggacc aaggtggaaa tcaaacgt 768 SC06-342 amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 404) QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGFFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGVIPIFRTANYAQNFQGRVTITADEFTSYMELSSLRSDDTAVYYCARLNYHDSGTYYNAPRGWFDPWGQGTLVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTDIQMTQSPDSLAVSLGEKATINCKSSQSILNSSNNKNYLAWYQQKPGQPPKLIAYWASTRESGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYYCQQYYSSPPTFGQ GTKVEIKRSC06-342 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 401)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGFFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGVIPIFRTANYAQNFQGRVTITADEFTSYMELSSLRSDDTAVYYCARLNYHDSGTYYNAPRGWFDPWGQGT LVTVSSSC06-342 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 402)DIQMTQSPDSLAVSLGEKATINCKSSQSILNSSNNKNYLAWYQQKPGQPPKLLIYWASTRESGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYYCQQYYSSPPTFGQGTKVEIKR

The SC06-343 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 405) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 406) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 407and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 408. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VL3 (V2-14).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-343 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: YYAMS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 242),GISPMFGTTTYAQKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 307) and SSNYYDSVYDY (HCDR3, SEQ IDNO: 290). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-343 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: GGHNIGSNSVH (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 224), DNSDRPS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 223) and QVWGSSSDH (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 227).

SC06-343 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 407) caggtccagc tggtgcagtctggagctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaagg cttctggagtcaccttcagt tactatgcta tgagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaag ggcttgagtggatgggagga atcagcccta tgtttgggac aacaacctac 180 gcacagaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt actgcggacg actccacgag tacagcctac 240 atggaggtga ggagcctgagatctgaggac acggccgtgt attactgtgc gagatcttcg 300 aattactatg atagtgtatatgactactgg ggccagggaa ccctggtcac cgtctcgagc 360 ggtacgggcg gttcaggcggaaccggcagc ggcactggcg ggtcgacgca gtctgtcgtg 420 acgcagccgc cctcggagtcagtggcccca ggacagacgg ccaggattac ctgtggggga 480 cataacattg gaagtaatagtgtgcactgg taccagcaga agccaggcca ggcccctgtg 540 ctggtcgtgt atgataatagcgaccggccc tcagggatcc ctgagcgatt ctctggctcc 600 aactctggga acacggccaccctgaccatc agcagggtcg aagccgggga tgaggccgac 660 tattactgtc aggtgtggggtagtagtagt gaccattatg tcttcggaac tgggaccaag 720 gtcaccgtcc taggt 735SC06-343 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 408)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGVTFSYYAMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGISPMFGTTTYAQKFQGRVTITADDSTSTAYMEVRSLRSEDTAVYYCARSSNYYDSVYDYWGQGTLVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTQSVVTQPPSESVAPGQTARITCGGHNIGSNSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDNSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWGSSSDHYVFGTGTKVTVLG SC06-343VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 405)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGVTFSYYAMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGISPMFGTTTYAQKFQGRVTITADDSTSTAYMEVRSLRSEDTAVYYCARSSNYYDSVYDYWGQGTLVTVSS SC06-343VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 406)QSVVTQPPSESVAPGQTARITCGGHNIGSNSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDNSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWGSSSDHYVFGTGTKVTVLG

The SC06-344 HA-specific single-chain Fv antibody includes a heavy chainvariable region (SEQ ID NO: 409) and a light chain variable region (SEQID NO: 410) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 411and the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 412. The VH-locus is VH1(1-69) and the VL locus is VL1 (V1-13).

The amino acids encompassing the CDRs are highlighted in bold in thesequences below. The heavy chain CDRs of the SC06-344 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: NYAMS (HCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 222),GIIAIFGTPKYAQKFQG (HCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 221) and IPHYNFGSGSYFDY (HCDR3, SEQID NO: 220). The light chain CDRs of the SC06-344 antibody have thefollowing CDR sequences: TGSSSNIGAGYDVH (LCDR1, SEQ ID NO: 219), GNSNRPS(LCDR2, SEQ ID NO: 231) and GTWDSSLSAYV (LCDR3, SEQ ID NO: 280).

SC06-344 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 411) caggtgcagc tggtgcagtctggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgagagtc 60 tcctgcaagg cttctggaagcatcttcaga aactatgcta tgagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaag ggcttgagtggatgggaggg atcatcgcta tttttgggac accaaagtac 180 gcacagaagt tccagggcagagtcacgatt accgcggacg aatcgacgag cactgtctac 240 atggaactga gcggactgagatctgaggac acggccatgt attactgtgc gaggattccc 300 cactataatt ttggttcggggagttatttc gactactggg gccagggaac cctggtcacc 360 gtctcgagcg gtacgggcggttcaggcgga accggcagcg gcactggcgg gtcgacgact 420 gtgttgacac agccgccctcagtgtctggg gccccagggc agagggtcac catctcctgc 480 actgggagca gctccaacatcggggcaggt tatgatgtac actggtacca gcagcttcca 540 ggaacagccc ccaaactcctcatctatggt aacagcaatc ggccctcagg ggtccctgac 600 cgattctctg gctccaagtctggcacgtca gccaccctgg gcatcaccgg actccagact 660 ggggacgagg ccgattattactgcggaaca tgggatagca gcctgagtgc ttatgtcttc 720 ggaactggga ccaaggtcaccgtcctaggt 750 SC06-344 amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 412)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVRVSCKASGSIFRNYAMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIAIFGTPKYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTVYMELSGLRSEDTAMYYCARIPHYNFGSGSYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSGTGGSGGTGSGTGGSTTVLTQPPSVSGAPGQRVTISCTGSSSNIGAGYDVHWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYGNSNRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGTSATLGITGLQTGDEADYYCGTWDSSLSAYVFGTGTKVT VLGSC06-344 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 409)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVRVSCKASGSIFRNYAMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIAIFGTPKYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTVYMELSGLRSEDTAMYYCARIPHYNFGSGSYFDYWGQGTLVT VSSSC06-344 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 410)TVLTQPPSVSGAPGQRVTISCTGSSSNIGAGYDVHWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYGNSNRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGTSATLGITGLQTGDEADYYCGTWDSSLSAYVFGTGTKVTVLG

IgG HA Antibodies

The CR6141 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 199) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 279 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 413. The CR6141 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 414) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 415 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 416.

CR6141 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 279) gaggtccagctggtgcagtc tggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctggggcctc agtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaaggcttctgggta caccttcacc ggctactatg tgtactgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcttgagtg gatgggatgg atcagcgctt acaatggtaa cacaaactat 180 gcacagaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggaca aatccacgag cacagcctac 240 atggagctgagcagcctgag atctgaagac acggctgtgt attactgtgc gagaagtaga 300 tccctggacgtctggggcca agggaccacg gtcaccgtct cgagtgctag caccaagggc 360 cccagcgtgttccccctggc ccccagcagc aagagcacca gcggcggcac agccgccctg 420 ggctgcctggtgaaggacta cttccccgag cccgtgaccg tgagctggaa cagcggcgcc 480 ttgaccagcggcgtgcacac cttccccgcc gtgctgcaga gcagcggcct gtacagcctg 540 agcagcgtggtgaccgtgcc cagcagcagc ctgggcaccc agacctacat ctgcaacgtg 600 aaccacaagcccagcaacac caaggtggac aaacgcgtgg agcccaagag ctgcgacaag 660 acccacacctgccccccctg ccctgccccc gagctgctgg gcggaccctc cgtgttcctg 720 ttcccccccaagcccaagga caccctcatg atcagccgga cccccgaggt gacctgcgtg 780 gtggtggacgtgagccacga ggaccccgag gtgaagttca actggtacgt ggacggcgtg 840 gaggtgcacaacgccaagac caagccccgg gaggagcagt acaacagcac ctaccgggtg 900 gtgagcgtgctcaccgtgct gcaccaggac tggctgaacg gcaaggagta caagtgcaag 960 gtgagcaacaaggccctgcc tgcccccatc gagaagacca tcagcaaggc caagggccag 1020 ccccgggagccccaggtgta caccctgccc cccagccggg aggagatgac caagaaccag 1080 gtgtccctcacctgtctggt gaagggcttc taccccagcg acatcgccgt ggagtgggag 1140 agcaacggccagcccgagaa caactacaag accacccccc ctgtgctgga cagcgacggc 1200 agcttcttcctgtacagcaa gctcaccgtg gacaagagcc ggtggcagca gggcaacgtg 1260 ttcagctgcagcgtgatgca cgaggccctg cacaaccact acacccagaa gagcctgagc 1320 ctgagccccggcaag 1335 CR6141 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 413)EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTGYYVYWVRQAPGQGLEWMGWISAYNGNTNYAQKFQGRVTITADKSTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARSRSLDVWGQGTTVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6141 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 199)EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTGYYVYWVRQAPGQGLEWMGWISAYNGNTNYAQKFQGRVTITADKSTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARSRSLDVWGQGTTVTVSS CR6141 LightChain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 415) gatgttgtga tgactcagtctccagactcc ctggctgtgt ctctgggcga gagggccacc 60 atcaactgca agtccagccagagtgtttta tacagctcca acaataagaa ctacttagct 120 tggtaccagc agaaaccaggacagcctcct aagctgctca tttactgggc atctacccgg 180 gaatccgggg tccctgaccgattcagtggc agcgggtctg ggacagattt cactctcacc 240 atcagcagcc tgcaggctgaagatgtggca gtttattact gtcagcaata ttatagtact 300 cctctcactt tcggcggagggaccaaagtg gatatcaaac gtgcggccgc acccagcgtg 360 ttcatcttcc ccccctccgacgagcagctg aagagcggca ccgccagcgt ggtgtgcctg 420 ctgaacaact tctacccccgggaggccaag gtgcagtgga aggtggacaa cgccctgcag 480 agcggcaaca gccaggagagcgtgaccgag caggacagca aggactccac ctacagcctg 540 agcagcaccc tcaccctgagcaaggccgac tacgagaagc acaaggtgta cgcctgcgag 600 gtgacccacc agggcctgagcagccccgtg accaagagct tcaaccgggg cgagtgt 657 CR6141 Light Chain aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 416)DVVMTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINCKSSQSVLYSSNNKNYLAWYQQKPGQPPKLLIYWASTRESGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYYCQQYYSTPLTFGGGTKVDIKRAAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGEC CR6141 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 414) DVVMTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINCKSSQSVLYSSNNKNYLAWYQQKPGQPPKLLIYWASTRESGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYYCQQYYSTPLTFGGGTKVDIKR

The CR6255 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 417) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 418 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 419. The CR6255 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 420) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 421 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 422.

CR6255 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 418) gaggtgcagctggtggagtc tggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaagtc 60 tcttgcaaggcttctggagg ccccttccgc agctatgcta tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcctgagtg gatgggaggg atcatcccta tttttggtac aacaaaatac 180 gcaccgaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggacg atttcgcggg cacagtttac 240 atggagctgagcagcctgcg atctgaggac acggccatgt actactgtgc gaaacatatg 300 gggtaccaggtgcgcgaaac tatggacgtc tggggcaaag ggaccacggt caccgtctcg 360 agtgctagcaccaagggccc cagcgtgttc cccctggccc ccagcagcaa gagcaccagc 420 ggcggcacagccgccctggg ctgcctggtg aaggactact tccccgagcc cgtgaccgtg 480 agctggaacagcggcgcctt gaccagcggc gtgcacacct tccccgccgt gctgcagagc 540 agcggcctgtacagcctgag cagcgtggtg accgtgccca gcagcagcct gggcacccag 600 acctacatctgcaacgtgaa ccacaagccc agcaacacca aggtggacaa acgcgtggag 660 cccaagagctgcgacaagac ccacacctgc cccccctgcc ctgcccccga gctgctgggc 720 ggaccctccgtgttcctgtt cccccccaag cccaaggaca ccctcatgat cagccggacc 780 cccgaggtgacctgcgtggt ggtggacgtg agccacgagg accccgaggt gaagttcaac 840 tggtacgtggacggcgtgga ggtgcacaac gccaagacca agccccggga ggagcagtac 900 aacagcacctaccgggtggt gagcgtgctc accgtgctgc accaggactg gctgaacggc 960 aaggagtacaagtgcaaggt gagcaacaag gccctgcctg cccccatcga gaagaccatc 1020 agcaaggccaagggccagcc ccgggagccc caggtgtaca ccctgccccc cagccgggag 1080 gagatgaccaagaaccaggt gtccctcacc tgtctggtga agggcttcta ccccagcgac 1140 atcgccgtggagtgggagag caacggccag cccgagaaca actacaagac caccccccct 1200 gtgctggacagcgacggcag cttcttcctg tacagcaagc tcaccgtgga caagagccgg 1260 tggcagcagggcaacgtgtt cagctgcagc gtgatgcacg aggccctgca caaccactac 1320 acccagaagagcctgagcct gagccccggc aag 1353 CR6255 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence(SEQ ID NO: 419)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6255 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 417) EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSS CR6255Light Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 421) tcctatgtgc tgactcagccaccctcagcg tctgggaccc ccgggcagag ggtcaccatc 60 tcttgttctg gaagcacgttcaacatcgga agtaatgctg tagactggta ccggcagctc 120 ccaggaacgg cccccaaactcctcatctat agtaataatc agcggccctc aggggtccct 180 gaccgattct ctggctccaggtctggcacc tcagcctccc tggccatcag tgggctccag 240 tctgaggatg aggctgattattactgtgca gcatgggatg acatcctgaa tgttccggta 300 ttcggcggag ggaccaagctgaccgtccta ggtgcggccg caggccagcc caaggccgct 360 cccagcgtga ccctgttccccccctcctcc gaggagctgc aggccaacaa ggccaccctg 420 gtgtgcctca tcagcgacttctaccctggc gccgtgaccg tggcctggaa ggccgacagc 480 agccccgtga aggccggcgtggagaccacc acccccagca agcagagcaa caacaagtac 540 gccgccagca gctacctgagcctcaccccc gagcagtgga agagccaccg gagctacagc 600 tgccaggtga cccacgagggcagcaccgtg gagaagaccg tggcccccac cgagtgcagc 660 CR6255 Light Chain aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 422)SYVLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTISCSGSTFNIGSNAVDWYRQLPGTAPKLLIYSNNQRPSGVPDRFSGSRSGTSASLAISGLQSEDEADYYCAAWDDILNVPVFGGGTKLTVLGAAAGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHRSYSCQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS CR6255 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 420)SYVLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTISCSGSTFNIGSNAVDWYRQLPGTAPKLLIYSNNQRPSGVPDRFSGSRSGTSASLAISGLQSEDEADYYCAAWDDILNVPVFGGGTKLTVLG

The CR6257 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 423) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 424 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 425. The CR6257 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 426) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 427 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 428.

CR6257 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 424) caggtccagctggtgcagtc tggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaagtc 60 tcttgcaaggcttctggagg ccccttccgc agctatgcta tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcctgagtg gatgggaggg atcatcccta tttttggtac aacaaaatac 180 gcaccgaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggacg atttcgcggg cacagtttac 240 atggagctgagcagcctgcg atctgaggac acggccatgt actactgtgc gaaacatatg 300 gggtaccaggtgcgcgaaac tatggacgtc tggggcaaag ggaccacggt caccgtctcg 360 agtgctagcaccaagggccc cagcgtgttc cccctggccc ccagcagcaa gagcaccagc 420 ggcggcacagccgccctggg ctgcctggtg aaggactact tccccgagcc cgtgaccgtg 480 agctggaacagcggcgcctt gaccagcggc gtgcacacct tccccgccgt gctgcagagc 540 agcggcctgtacagcctgag cagcgtggtg accgtgccca gcagcagcct gggcacccag 600 acctacatctgcaacgtgaa ccacaagccc agcaacacca aggtggacaa acgcgtggag 660 cccaagagctgcgacaagac ccacacctgc cccccctgcc ctgcccccga gctgctgggc 720 ggaccctccgtgttcctgtt cccccccaag cccaaggaca ccctcatgat cagccggacc 780 cccgaggtgacctgcgtggt ggtggacgtg agccacgagg accccgaggt gaagttcaac 840 tggtacgtggacggcgtgga ggtgcacaac gccaagacca agccccggga ggagcagtac 900 aacagcacctaccgggtggt gagcgtgctc accgtgctgc accaggactg gctgaacggc 960 aaggagtacaagtgcaaggt gagcaacaag gccctgcctg cccccatcga gaagaccatc 1020 agcaaggccaagggccagcc ccgggagccc caggtgtaca ccctgccccc cagccgggag 1080 gagatgaccaagaaccaggt gtccctcacc tgtctggtga agggcttcta ccccagcgac 1140 atcgccgtggagtgggagag caacggccag cccgagaaca actacaagac caccccccct 1200 gtgctggacagcgacggcag cttcttcctg tacagcaagc tcaccgtgga caagagccgg 1260 tggcagcagggcaacgtgtt cagctgcagc gtgatgcacg aggccctgca caaccactac 1320 acccagaagagcctgagcct gagccccggc aag 1353 CR6257 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence(SEQ ID NO: 425)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6257 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 423) QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSS CR6257Light Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 427) cagtctgccc tgactcagcctgccgccgtg tctgggtctc ctggacagtc gatcaccatc 60 tcctgcactg gaaccagcagtgacgttggt ggttataact atgtctcctg gtaccaacag 120 cacccaggca aagcccccaaactcatgatt tatgaggtca gtaatcggcc ctcaggggtt 180 tctaatcgct tctctggctccaagtctggc aacacggcct ccctgaccat ctctgggctc 240 caggctgagg acgaggctgattattactgc agctcatata caagcagcag cacttatgtc 300 ttcggaactg ggaccaaggtcaccgtccta ggtgcggccg caggccagcc caaggccgct 360 cccagcgtga ccctgttccccccctcctcc gaggagctgc aggccaacaa ggccaccctg 420 gtgtgcctca tcagcgacttctaccctggc gccgtgaccg tggcctggaa ggccgacagc 480 agccccgtga aggccggcgtggagaccacc acccccagca agcagagcaa caacaagtac 540 gccgccagca gctacctgagcctcaccccc gagcagtgga agagccaccg gagctacagc 600 tgccaggtga cccacgagggcagcaccgtg gagaagaccg tggcccccac cgagtgcagc 660 CR6257 Light Chain aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 428)QSALTQPAAVSGSPGQSITISCTGTSSDVGGYNYVSWYQQHPGKAPKLMIYEVSNRPSGVSNRFSGSKSGNTASLTISGLQAEDEADYYCSSYTSSSTYVFGTGTKVTVLGAAAGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHRSYS CQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS CR6257 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 426) QSALTQPAAVSGSPGQSITISCTGTSSDVGGYNYVSWYQQHPGKAPKLMIYEVSNRPSGVSNRFSGSKSGNTASLTISGLQAEDEADYYCSSYTSSSTYVFGTGTKVTVLG

The CR6260 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 429) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 430 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 431. The CR6260 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 432) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 433 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 434.

CR6260 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 430) gaggtgcagctggtggagtc tggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaagtc 60 tcttgcaaggcttctggagg ccccttccgc agctatgcta tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcctgagtg gatgggaggg atcatcccta tttttggtac aacaaaatac 180 gcaccgaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggacg atttcgcggg cacagtttac 240 atggagctgagcagcctgcg atctgaggac acggccatgt actactgtgc gaaacatatg 300 gggtaccaggtgcgcgaaac tatggacgtc tggggcaaag ggaccacggt caccgtctcg 360 agtgctagcaccaagggccc cagcgtgttc cccctggccc ccagcagcaa gagcaccagc 420 ggcggcacagccgccctggg ctgcctggtg aaggactact tccccgagcc cgtgaccgtg 480 agctggaacagcggcgcctt gaccagcggc gtgcacacct tccccgccgt gctgcagagc 540 agcggcctgtacagcctgag cagcgtggtg accgtgccca gcagcagcct gggcacccag 600 acctacatctgcaacgtgaa ccacaagccc agcaacacca aggtggacaa acgcgtggag 660 cccaagagctgcgacaagac ccacacctgc cccccctgcc ctgcccccga gctgctgggc 720 ggaccctccgtgttcctgtt cccccccaag cccaaggaca ccctcatgat cagccggacc 780 cccgaggtgacctgcgtggt ggtggacgtg agccacgagg accccgaggt gaagttcaac 840 tggtacgtggacggcgtgga ggtgcacaac gccaagacca agccccggga ggagcagtac 900 aacagcacctaccgggtggt gagcgtgctc accgtgctgc accaggactg gctgaacggc 960 aaggagtacaagtgcaaggt gagcaacaag gccctgcctg cccccatcga gaagaccatc 1020 agcaaggccaagggccagcc ccgggagccc caggtgtaca ccctgccccc cagccgggag 1080 gagatgaccaagaaccaggt gtccctcacc tgtctggtga agggcttcta ccccagcgac 1140 atcgccgtggagtgggagag caacggccag cccgagaaca actacaagac caccccccct 1200 gtgctggacagcgacggcag cttcttcctg tacagcaagc tcaccgtgga caagagccgg 1260 tggcagcagggcaacgtgtt cagctgcagc gtgatgcacg aggccctgca caaccactac 1320 acccagaagagcctgagcct gagccccggc aag 1353 CR6260 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence(SEQ ID NO: 431)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6260 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 429)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSS CR6260 LightChain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 433) tcctatgtgc tgactcagccaccctcagtc tctgggaccc ccgggcagag ggtcaccatc 60 tcttgctctg gaagccgctccaacgtcgga gataattctg tatattggta tcaacacgtc 120 ccagaaatgg cccccaaactcctcgtctat aagaatactc aacggccctc aggagtccct 180 gcccggtttt ccggctccaagtctggcact tcagcctccc tggccatcat tggcctccag 240 tccggcgatg aggctgattattattgtgtg gcatgggatg acagcgtaga tggctatgtc 300 ttcggatctg ggaccaaggtcaccgtccta ggtgcggccg caggccagcc caaggccgct 360 cccagcgtga ccctgttccccccctcctcc gaggagctgc aggccaacaa ggccaccctg 420 gtgtgcctca tcagcgacttctaccctggc gccgtgaccg tggcctggaa ggccgacagc 480 agccccgtga aggccggcgtggagaccacc acccccagca agcagagcaa caacaagtac 540 gccgccagca gctacctgagcctcaccccc gagcagtgga agagccaccg gagctacagc 600 tgccaggtga cccacgagggcagcaccgtg gagaagaccg tggcccccac cgagtgcagc 660 CR6260 Light Chain aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 434)SYVLTQPPSVSGTPGQRVTISCSGSRSNVGDNSVYWYQHVPEMAPKLLVYKNTQRPSGVPARFSGSKSGTSASLAIIGLQSGDEADYYCVAWDDSVDGYVFGSGTKVTVLGAAAGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHRSYSCQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS CR6260 VL amino acid sequence(SEQ ID NO: 432)SYVLTQPPSVSGTPGQRVTISCSGSRSNVGDNSVYWYQHVPEMAPKLLVYKNTQRPSGVPARFSGSKSGTSASLAIIGLQSGDEADYYCVAWDDSVDGYVFGSGTKVTVLG

The CR6261 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 435) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 436 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 437. The CR6261 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 438) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 439 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 440.

CR6261 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 436) gaggtgcagctggtggagtc tggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaagtc 60 tcttgcaaggcttctggagg ccccttccgc agctatgcta tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcctgagtg gatgggaggg atcatcccta tttttggtac aacaaaatac 180 gcaccgaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggacg atttcgcggg cacagtttac 240 atggagctgagcagcctgcg atctgaggac acggccatgt actactgtgc gaaacatatg 300 gggtaccaggtgcgcgaaac tatggacgtc tggggcaaag ggaccacggt caccgtctcg 360 agtgctagcaccaagggccc cagcgtgttc cccctggccc ccagcagcaa gagcaccagc 420 ggcggcacagccgccctggg ctgcctggtg aaggactact tccccgagcc cgtgaccgtg 480 agctggaacagcggcgcctt gaccagcggc gtgcacacct tccccgccgt gctgcagagc 540 agcggcctgtacagcctgag cagcgtggtg accgtgccca gcagcagcct gggcacccag 600 acctacatctgcaacgtgaa ccacaagccc agcaacacca aggtggacaa acgcgtggag 660 cccaagagctgcgacaagac ccacacctgc cccccctgcc ctgcccccga gctgctgggc 720 ggaccctccgtgttcctgtt cccccccaag cccaaggaca ccctcatgat cagccggacc 780 cccgaggtgacctgcgtggt ggtggacgtg agccacgagg accccgaggt gaagttcaac 840 tggtacgtggacggcgtgga ggtgcacaac gccaagacca agccccggga ggagcagtac 900 aacagcacctaccgggtggt gagcgtgctc accgtgctgc accaggactg gctgaacggc 960 aaggagtacaagtgcaaggt gagcaacaag gccctgcctg cccccatcga gaagaccatc 1020 agcaaggccaagggccagcc ccgggagccc caggtgtaca ccctgccccc cagccgggag 1080 gagatgaccaagaaccaggt gtccctcacc tgtctggtga agggcttcta ccccagcgac 1140 atcgccgtggagtgggagag caacggccag cccgagaaca actacaagac caccccccct 1200 gtgctggacagcgacggcag cttcttcctg tacagcaagc tcaccgtgga caagagccgg 1260 tggcagcagggcaacgtgtt cagctgcagc gtgatgcacg aggccctgca caaccactac 1320 acccagaagagcctgagcct gagccccggc aag 1353 CR6261 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence(SEQ ID NO: 437)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6261 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 435)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSS CR6261 LightChain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 439) cagtctgtgt tgacgcagccgccctcagtg tctgcggccc caggacagaa ggtcaccatc 60 tcctgctctg gaagcagctccaacattggg aatgattatg tatcctggta ccagcagctc 120 ccaggaacag cccccaaactcctcatttat gacaataata agcgaccctc agggattcct 180 gaccgattct ctggctccaagtctggcacg tcagccaccc tgggcatcac cggactccag 240 actggggacg aggccaactattactgcgca acatgggatc gccgcccgac tgcttatgtt 300 gtcttcggcg gagggaccaagctgaccgtc ctaggtgcgg ccgcaggcca gcccaaggcc 360 gctcccagcg tgaccctgttccccccctcc tccgaggagc tgcaggccaa caaggccacc 420 ctggtgtgcc tcatcagcgacttctaccct ggcgccgtga ccgtggcctg gaaggccgac 480 agcagccccg tgaaggccggcgtggagacc accaccccca gcaagcagag caacaacaag 540 tacgccgcca gcagctacctgagcctcacc cccgagcagt ggaagagcca ccggagctac 600 agctgccagg tgacccacgagggcagcacc gtggagaaga ccgtggcccc caccgagtgc 660 CR6261 Light Chain aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 440)QSVLTQPPSVSAAPGQKVTISCSGSSSNIGNDYVSWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYDNNKRPSGIPDRFSGSKSGTSATLGITGLQTGDEANYYCATWDRRPTAYVVFGGGTKLTVLGAAAGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHRSYSCQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS CR6261VL amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 438)QSVLTQPPSVSAAPGQKVTISCSGSSSNIGNDYVSWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYDNNKRPSGIPDRFSGSKSGTSATLGITGLQTGDEANYYCATWDRRPTAYVVFGGGTKLTVLG

The CR6262 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 441) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 442 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 443. The CR6262 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 444) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 445 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 446.

CR6262 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 442) caggtacagctgcagcagtc aggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaaggtttccggagt cattttcagc ggcagtgcga tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaaggccttgagtg gatgggaggg atcagccctc tctttggcac aacaaattac 180 gcacaaaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggacc aatccacgaa cacaacctac 240 atggaggtgaacagcctgag atatgaggac acggccgtgt atttctgtgc gcgaggtcca 300 aaatattacagtgagtacat ggacgtctgg ggcaaaggga ccacggtcac cgtctcgagt 360 gctagcaccaagggccccag cgtgttcccc ctggccccca gcagcaagag caccagcggc 420 ggcacagccgccctgggctg cctggtgaag gactacttcc ccgagcccgt gaccgtgagc 480 tggaacagcggcgccttgac cagcggcgtg cacaccttcc ccgccgtgct gcagagcagc 540 ggcctgtacagcctgagcag cgtggtgacc gtgcccagca gcagcctggg cacccagacc 600 tacatctgcaacgtgaacca caagcccagc aacaccaagg tggacaaacg cgtggagccc 660 aagagctgcgacaagaccca cacctgcccc ccctgccctg cccccgagct gctgggcgga 720 ccctccgtgttcctgttccc ccccaagccc aaggacaccc tcatgatcag ccggaccccc 780 gaggtgacctgcgtggtggt ggacgtgagc cacgaggacc ccgaggtgaa gttcaactgg 840 tacgtggacggcgtggaggt gcacaacgcc aagaccaagc cccgggagga gcagtacaac 900 agcacctaccgggtggtgag cgtgctcacc gtgctgcacc aggactggct gaacggcaag 960 gagtacaagtgcaaggtgag caacaaggcc ctgcctgccc ccatcgagaa gaccatcagc 1020 aaggccaagggccagccccg ggagccccag gtgtacaccc tgccccccag ccgggaggag 1080 atgaccaagaaccaggtgtc cctcacctgt ctggtgaagg gcttctaccc cagcgacatc 1140 gccgtggagtgggagagcaa cggccagccc gagaacaact acaagaccac cccccctgtg 1200 ctggacagcgacggcagctt cttcctgtac agcaagctca ccgtggacaa gagccggtgg 1260 cagcagggcaacgtgttcag ctgcagcgtg atgcacgagg ccctgcacaa ccactacacc 1320 cagaagagcctgagcctgag ccccggcaag 1350 CR6262 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence (SEQID NO: 443)QVQLQQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKVSGVIFSGSAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGISPLFGTTNYAQKFQGRVTITADQSTNTTYMEVNSLRYEDTAVYFCARGPKYYSEYMDVWGKGTTVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6262 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 441)QVQLQQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKVSGVIFSGSAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGISPLFGTTNYAQKFQGRVTITADQSTNTTYMEVNSLRYEDTAVYFCARGPKYYSEYMDVWGKGTTVTVSS CR6262 LightChain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 445) gacatccaga tgacccagtctccatcctcc ctgtctgcat ctgtaggaga cagagtcacc 60 atcacttgcc gggcgagtcagggcattagc agttatttag cctggtatca gcagaagcca 120 gggaaagttc ctacactcctgatctatgat gcatccactt tgcgatcagg ggtcccatct 180 cgcttcagtg gcagtggatctgcgacagat ttcactctca ccatcagcag cctgcagcct 240 gaagatgttg caacttattactgtcaaagg tataacagtg cccccccgat caccttcggc 300 caagggacac gactggagattaaacgtgcg gccgcaccca gcgtgttcat cttccccccc 360 tccgacgagc agctgaagagcggcaccgcc agcgtggtgt gcctgctgaa caacttctac 420 ccccgggagg ccaaggtgcagtggaaggtg gacaacgccc tgcagagcgg caacagccag 480 gagagcgtga ccgagcaggacagcaaggac tccacctaca gcctgagcag caccctcacc 540 ctgagcaagg ccgactacgagaagcacaag gtgtacgcct gcgaggtgac ccaccagggc 600 ctgagcagcc ccgtgaccaagagcttcaac cggggcgagt gt 642 CR6262 Light Chain amino acid sequence (SEQID NO: 446)DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQGISSYLAWYQQKPGKVPTLLIYDASTLRSGVPSRFSGSGSATDFTLTISSLQPEDVATYYCQRYNSAPPITFGQGTRLEIKRAAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGEC CR6262 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 444)DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQGISSYLAWYQQKPGKVPTLLIYDASTLRSGVPSRFSGSGSATDFTLTISSLQPEDVATYYCQRYNSAPPITFGQGTRLEIKR

The CR6268 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 447) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 448 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 449. The CR6268 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 450) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 451 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 452.

CR6268 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 448) caggtccagctggtacagtc tggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaaggcttctggagg caccttcagt agttatgcta tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcttgagtg gatgggagga atcatgggta tgtttggcac aactaactac 180 gcacagaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggacg aattcacgag cgcagcctac 240 atggagctgaggagcctgag atctgaggac acggccgtct actactgtgc gaggtctagt 300 ggttattaccccgaatactt ccaggactgg ggccagggca ccctggtcac cgtctcgagt 360 gctagcaccaagggccccag cgtgttcccc ctggccccca gcagcaagag caccagcggc 420 ggcacagccgccctgggctg cctggtgaag gactacttcc ccgagcccgt gaccgtgagc 480 tggaacagcggcgccttgac cagcggcgtg cacaccttcc ccgccgtgct gcagagcagc 540 ggcctgtacagcctgagcag cgtggtgacc gtgcccagca gcagcctggg cacccagacc 600 tacatctgcaacgtgaacca caagcccagc aacaccaagg tggacaaacg cgtggagccc 660 aagagctgcgacaagaccca cacctgcccc ccctgccctg cccccgagct gctgggcgga 720 ccctccgtgttcctgttccc ccccaagccc aaggacaccc tcatgatcag ccggaccccc 780 gaggtgacctgcgtggtggt ggacgtgagc cacgaggacc ccgaggtgaa gttcaactgg 840 tacgtggacggcgtggaggt gcacaacgcc aagaccaagc cccgggagga gcagtacaac 900 agcacctaccgggtggtgag cgtgctcacc gtgctgcacc aggactggct gaacggcaag 960 gagtacaagtgcaaggtgag caacaaggcc ctgcctgccc ccatcgagaa gaccatcagc 1020 aaggccaagggccagccccg ggagccccag gtgtacaccc tgccccccag ccgggaggag 1080 atgaccaagaaccaggtgtc cctcacctgt ctggtgaagg gcttctaccc cagcgacatc 1140 gccgtggagtgggagagcaa cggccagccc gagaacaact acaagaccac cccccctgtg 1200 ctggacagcgacggcagctt cttcctgtac agcaagctca ccgtggacaa gagccggtgg 1260 cagcagggcaacgtgttcag ctgcagcgtg atgcacgagg ccctgcacaa ccactacacc 1320 cagaagagcctgagcctgag ccccggcaag 1350 CR6268 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence (SEQID NO: 449) QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIMGMFGTTNYAQKFQGRVTITADEFTSAAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCARSSGYYPEYFQDWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6268 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 447)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIMGMFGTTNYAQKFQGRVTITADEFTSAAYMELRSLRSEDTAVYYCARSSGYYPEYFQDWGQGTLVTVSS CR6268Light Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 451) cagtctgtgc tgactcagccaccctcagag tccgtgtccc caggacagac agccagcgtc 60 acctgctctg gacataaattgggggataaa tatgtttcgt ggtatcagca gaagccaggc 120 cagtcccctg tattactcatctatcaagat aacaggcggc cctcagggat ccctgagcga 180 ttcataggct ccaactctgggaacacagcc actctgacca tcagcgggac ccaggctctg 240 gatgaggctg actattactgtcaggcgtgg gacagcagca ctgcggtttt cggcggaggg 300 accaagctga ccgtcctaggtgcggccgca ggccagccca aggccgctcc cagcgtgacc 360 ctgttccccc cctcctccgaggagctgcag gccaacaagg ccaccctggt gtgcctcatc 420 agcgacttct accctggcgccgtgaccgtg gcctggaagg ccgacagcag ccccgtgaag 480 gccggcgtgg agaccaccacccccagcaag cagagcaaca acaagtacgc cgccagcagc 540 tacctgagcc tcacccccgagcagtggaag agccaccgga gctacagctg ccaggtgacc 600 cacgagggca gcaccgtggagaagaccgtg gcccccaccg agtgcagc 648 CR6268 Light Chain amino acidsequence (SEQ ID NO: 452)QSVLTQPPSESVSPGQTASVTCSGHKLGDKYVSWYQQKPGQSPVLLIYQDNRRPSGIPERFIGSNSGNTATLTISGTQALDEADYYCQAWDSSTAVFGGGTKLTVLGAAAGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHRSYSCQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS CR6268 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:450) QSVLTQPPSESVSPGQTASVTCSGHKLGDKYVSWYQQKPGQSPVLLIYQDNRRPSGIPERFIGSNSGNTATLTISGTQALDEADYYCQAWDSSTAVFGGGTKLTVLG

The CR6272 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 453) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 454 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 455. The CR6272 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 456) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 457 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 458.

CR6272 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 454) cagatgcagctggtgcagtc tggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaaggcttctggagg caccttctcc agttatgcta tcacctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcttgagtg gatgggaggg atcatcggta tgtttggttc aacaaactac 180 gcacagaacttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggacg aatccacgag cacagcctac 240 atggagctgagcagcctcag atctgaggac acggccgtgt attactgtgc gagaagtact 300 ggttattaccctgcatacct ccaccactgg ggccagggca ccctggtcac cgtctcgagt 360 gctagcaccaagggccccag cgtgttcccc ctggccccca gcagcaagag caccagcggc 420 ggcacagccgccctgggctg cctggtgaag gactacttcc ccgagcccgt gaccgtgagc 480 tggaacagcggcgccttgac cagcggcgtg cacaccttcc ccgccgtgct gcagagcagc 540 ggcctgtacagcctgagcag cgtggtgacc gtgcccagca gcagcctggg cacccagacc 600 tacatctgcaacgtgaacca caagcccagc aacaccaagg tggacaaacg cgtggagccc 660 aagagctgcgacaagaccca cacctgcccc ccctgccctg cccccgagct gctgggcgga 720 ccctccgtgttcctgttccc ccccaagccc aaggacaccc tcatgatcag ccggaccccc 780 gaggtgacctgcgtggtggt ggacgtgagc cacgaggacc ccgaggtgaa gttcaactgg 840 tacgtggacggcgtggaggt gcacaacgcc aagaccaagc cccgggagga gcagtacaac 900 agcacctaccgggtggtgag cgtgctcacc gtgctgcacc aggactggct gaacggcaag 960 gagtacaagtgcaaggtgag caacaaggcc ctgcctgccc ccatcgagaa gaccatcagc 1020 aaggccaagggccagccccg ggagccccag gtgtacaccc tgccccccag ccgggaggag 1080 atgaccaagaaccaggtgtc cctcacctgt ctggtgaagg gcttctaccc cagcgacatc 1140 gccgtggagtgggagagcaa cggccagccc gagaacaact acaagaccac cccccctgtg 1200 ctggacagcgacggcagctt cttcctgtac agcaagctca ccgtggacaa gagccggtgg 1260 cagcagggcaacgtgttcag ctgcagcgtg atgcacgagg ccctgcacaa ccactacacc 1320 cagaagagcctgagcctgag ccccggcaag 1350 CR6272 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence (SEQID NO: 455)QMQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAITWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIGMFGSTNYAQNFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARSTGYYPAYLHHWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6272 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 453)QMQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAITWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIGMFGSTNYAQNFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARSTGYYPAYLHHWGQGTLVTVSS CR6272 LightChain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 457) cagtctgccc tgactcagcctcgctcagtg tccgggtctc ctggacagtc agtcaccatc 60 tcctgcactg gaaccagcagtgatgttggt ggttataact atgtctcctg gtaccaacag 120 cacccaggca aagcccccaaactcatgatt tatgatgtca gtaagcggcc ctcaggggtc 180 cctgatcgct tctctggctccaagtctggc aacacggcct ccctgaccat ctctgggctc 240 caggctgagg atgaggctgattattactgc agctcatata caagcagcag cactcatgtc 300 ttcggaactg ggaccaaggtcaccgtccta ggtgcggccg caggccagcc caaggccgct 360 cccagcgtga ccctgttccccccctcctcc gaggagctgc aggccaacaa ggccaccctg 420 gtgtgcctca tcagcgacttctaccctggc gccgtgaccg tggcctggaa ggccgacagc 480 agccccgtga aggccggcgtggagaccacc acccccagca agcagagcaa caacaagtac 540 gccgccagca gctacctgagcctcaccccc gagcagtgga agagccaccg gagctacagc 600 tgccaggtga cccacgagggcagcaccgtg gagaagaccg tggcccccac cgagtgcagc 660 CR6272 Light Chain aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 458)QSALTQPRSVSGSPGQSVTISCTGTSSDVGGYNYVSWYQQHPGKAPKLMIYDVSKRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGNTASLTISGLQAEDEADYYCSSYTSSSTHVFGTGTKVTVLGAAAGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHRSYSCQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS CR6272 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 456) GSALTQPRSVSGSPGQSVTISCTGTSSDVGGYNYVSWYQQHPGKAPKLMIYDVSKRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGNTASLTISGLQAEDEADYYCSSYTSSSTHVFGTGTKVTVLG

The CR696 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 459) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 460 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 461. The CR6296 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 462) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 463 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 464.

CR6296 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 460) gaggtgcagctggtggagac cggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctggggcctc agtgaaggtt 60 tcctgcaaggcatctggata caccttcacc agctactata tgcactgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcttgagtg gatgggatgg atcaacccta acagtggtgg cacaaactat 180 gcacagaagtttcagggcag ggtcaccatg accagggaca cgtccatcag cacagcctac 240 atggagctgagcaggctgag atctgacgac acggccgtgt attactgtgc gagagagggg 300 aaatggggacctcaagcggc ttttgatatc tggggccaag ggacaatggt caccgtctcg 360 agtgctagcaccaagggccc cagcgtgttc cccctggccc ccagcagcaa gagcaccagc 420 ggcggcacagccgccctggg ctgcctggtg aaggactact tccccgagcc cgtgaccgtg 480 agctggaacagcggcgcctt gaccagcggc gtgcacacct tccccgccgt gctgcagagc 540 agcggcctgtacagcctgag cagcgtggtg accgtgccca gcagcagcct gggcacccag 600 acctacatctgcaacgtgaa ccacaagccc agcaacacca aggtggacaa acgcgtggag 660 cccaagagctgcgacaagac ccacacctgc cccccctgcc ctgcccccga gctgctgggc 720 ggaccctccgtgttcctgtt cccccccaag cccaaggaca ccctcatgat cagccggacc 780 cccgaggtgacctgcgtggt ggtggacgtg agccacgagg accccgaggt gaagttcaac 840 tggtacgtggacggcgtgga ggtgcacaac gccaagacca agccccggga ggagcagtac 900 aacagcacctaccgggtggt gagcgtgctc accgtgctgc accaggactg gctgaacggc 960 aaggagtacaagtgcaaggt gagcaacaag gccctgcctg cccccatcga gaagaccatc 1020 agcaaggccaagggccagcc ccgggagccc caggtgtaca ccctgccccc cagccgggag 1080 gagatgaccaagaaccaggt gtccctcacc tgtctggtga agggcttcta ccccagcgac 1140 atcgccgtggagtgggagag caacggccag cccgagaaca actacaagac caccccccct 1200 gtgctggacagcgacggcag cttcttcctg tacagcaagc tcaccgtgga caagagccgg 1260 tggcagcagggcaacgtgtt cagctgcagc gtgatgcacg aggccctgca caaccactac 1320 acccagaagagcctgagcct gagccccggc aag 1353 CR6296 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence(SEQ ID NO: 461)EVQLVETGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTSYYMHWVRQAPGQGLEWMGWINPNSGGTNYAQKFQGRVTMTRDTSISTAYMELSRLRSDDTAVYYCAREGKWGPQAAFDIWGQGTMVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6296 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 459)EVQLVETGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTSYYMHWVRQAPGQGLEWMGWINPNSGGTNYAQKFQGRVTMTRDTSISTAYMELSRLRSDDTAVYYCAREGKWGPQAAFDIWGQGTMVTV SS CR6296Light Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 463) gaaattgtga tgacgcagtctccaggcacc ctgtctttgt ctccagggga aagagccacc 60 ctctcctgca gggccagtcagagtgttagc agcagctact tagcctggta ccagcagaaa 120 cctggccagg ctcccaggctcctcatctat gatgcatcca gcagggccac tgacatccca 180 gacaggttca gtggcagtgggtctgggaca gacttcactc tcaccatcag cagactggag 240 cctgaagatt ttgcagtgtattactgtcag cagtatggta gctcactttg gacgttcggc 300 caagggacca aggtggagatcaaacgtgcg gccgcaccca gcgtgttcat cttccccccc 360 tccgacgagc agctgaagagcggcaccgcc agcgtggtgt gcctgctgaa caacttctac 420 ccccgggagg ccaaggtgcagtggaaggtg gacaacgccc tgcagagcgg caacagccag 480 gagagcgtga ccgagcaggacagcaaggac tccacctaca gcctgagcag caccctcacc 540 ctgagcaagg ccgactacgagaagcacaag gtgtacgcct gcgaggtgac ccaccagggc 600 ctgagcagcc ccgtgaccaagagcttcaac cggggcgagt gt 642 CR6296 Light Chain amino acid sequence (SEQID NO: 464)EIVMTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYDASSRATDIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSLWTFGQGTKVEIKRAAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGEC CR6296 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 462)EIVMTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYDASSRATDIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSLWTFGQGTKVEIKR

The CR6301 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 465) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 466 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 467. The CR6301 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 468) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 469 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 470.

CR6301 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 466) gaggtgcagctggtagagtc tgggggaggc ttggtacagc ctggggggtc cctgagactc 60 tcctgtgcagcctctggatt cacctttagc atctatgcca tgagctgggt ccgccaggca 120 ccagggaaggggctggagtg ggtctcagct attagtagta gtggtgatag cacatactac 180 gcagactccgtgaagggccg gttcaccatc tccagagaca acgccaggaa cacgctgtat 240 ctgcaaatgaacagtctgag agccgaggac acggctgtgt attactgtgc gagagcgtat 300 ggctacacgttcgacccctg gggccaggga accctggtca ccgtctcgag tgctagcacc 360 aagggccccagcgtgttccc cctggccccc agcagcaaga gcaccagcgg cggcacagcc 420 gccctgggctgcctggtgaa ggactacttc cccgagcccg tgaccgtgag ctggaacagc 480 ggcgccttgaccagcggcgt gcacaccttc cccgccgtgc tgcagagcag cggcctgtac 540 agcctgagcagcgtggtgac cgtgcccagc agcagcctgg gcacccagac ctacatctgc 600 aacgtgaaccacaagcccag caacaccaag gtggacaaac gcgtggagcc caagagctgc 660 gacaagacccacacctgccc cccctgccct gcccccgagc tgctgggcgg accctccgtg 720 ttcctgttcccccccaagcc caaggacacc ctcatgatca gccggacccc cgaggtgacc 780 tgcgtggtggtggacgtgag ccacgaggac cccgaggtga agttcaactg gtacgtggac 840 ggcgtggaggtgcacaacgc caagaccaag ccccgggagg agcagtacaa cagcacctac 900 cgggtggtgagcgtgctcac cgtgctgcac caggactggc tgaacggcaa ggagtacaag 960 tgcaaggtgagcaacaaggc cctgcctgcc cccatcgaga agaccatcag caaggccaag 1020 ggccagccccgggagcccca ggtgtacacc ctgcccccca gccgggagga gatgaccaag 1080 aaccaggtgtccctcacctg tctggtgaag ggcttctacc ccagcgacat cgccgtggag 1140 tgggagagcaacggccagcc cgagaacaac tacaagacca ccccccctgt gctggacagc 1200 gacggcagcttcttcctgta cagcaagctc accgtggaca agagccggtg gcagcagggc 1260 aacgtgttcagctgcagcgt gatgcacgag gccctgcaca accactacac ccagaagagc 1320 ctgagcctgagccccggcaa g 1341 CR6301 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:467) EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSIYAMSWVRQAPGKGLEWVSAISSSGDSTYYADSVKGRFTISRDNARNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARAYGYTFDPWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6301 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 465)EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSIYAMSWVRQAPGKGLEWVSAISSSGDSTYYADSVKGRFTISRDNARNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARAYGYTFDPWGQGTLVTVSS CR6301 LightChain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 469) gaaattgtgc tgactcagtctccactctcc ctgcccgtca cccctggaga gccggcctcc 60 atctcctgca ggtctagtcagagcctcctg catagtaatg gatacaacta tttggattgg 120 tacctgcaga agccagggcagtctccacag ctcctgatct atttgggttc taatcgggcc 180 tccggggtcc ctgacaggttcagtggcagt ggatcaggca cagattttac actgaaaatc 240 agcagagtgg aggctgaggatgttggggtt tattactgca tgcaagctct acaaactccc 300 ctcactttcg gcggagggaccaaggtggag atcaaacgtg cggccgcacc cagcgtgttc 360 atcttccccc cctccgacgagcagctgaag agcggcaccg ccagcgtggt gtgcctgctg 420 aacaacttct acccccgggaggccaaggtg cagtggaagg tggacaacgc cctgcagagc 480 ggcaacagcc aggagagcgtgaccgagcag gacagcaagg actccaccta cagcctgagc 540 agcaccctca ccctgagcaaggccgactac gagaagcaca aggtgtacgc ctgcgaggtg 600 acccaccagg gcctgagcagccccgtgacc aagagcttca accggggcga gtgt 654 CR6301 Light Chain amino acidsequence (SEQ ID NO: 470)EIVLTQSPLSLPVTPGEPASISCRSSQSLLHSNGYNYLDWYLQKPGQSPQLLIYLGSNRASGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLKISRVEAEDVGVYYCMQALQTPLTFGGGTKVEIKRAAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGEC CR6301 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:468) EIVLTQSPLSLPVTPGEPASISCRSSQSLLHSNGYNYLDWYLQKPGQSPQLLIYLGSNRASGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLKISRVEAEDVGVYYCMQALQTPLTFGGGTKVEIKR

The CR6307 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 471) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 472 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 473. The CR6307 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 474) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 475 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 476.

CR6307 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 472) caggtccagctggtgcagtc tgggggaggc ctggtcaagc ctggggggtc cctgagactc 60 tcctgtgcagcctctggatt caccttcagt agctatagca tgaactgggt ccgccaggct 120 ccagggaaggggctggagtg ggtctcatcc attagtagta gtagtagtta catatactac 180 gtagactcagtgaagggccg attcaccatc tccagagaca acgccaagaa ctcactgtat 240 ctgcaaatgaacagcctgag agccgaggac acggctgtgt attactgtgc gagaggtggt 300 gggagctacggggcctacga aggctttgac tactggggcc agggcaccct ggtcaccgtc 360 tcgagtgctagcaccaaggg ccccagcgtg ttccccctgg cccccagcag caagagcacc 420 agcggcggcacagccgccct gggctgcctg gtgaaggact acttccccga gcccgtgacc 480 gtgagctggaacagcggcgc cttgaccagc ggcgtgcaca ccttccccgc cgtgctgcag 540 agcagcggcctgtacagcct gagcagcgtg gtgaccgtgc ccagcagcag cctgggcacc 600 cagacctacatctgcaacgt gaaccacaag cccagcaaca ccaaggtgga caaacgcgtg 660 gagcccaagagctgcgacaa gacccacacc tgccccccct gccctgcccc cgagctgctg 720 ggcggaccctccgtgttcct gttccccccc aagcccaagg acaccctcat gatcagccgg 780 acccccgaggtgacctgcgt ggtggtggac gtgagccacg aggaccccga ggtgaagttc 840 aactggtacgtggacggcgt ggaggtgcac aacgccaaga ccaagccccg ggaggagcag 900 tacaacagcacctaccgggt ggtgagcgtg ctcaccgtgc tgcaccagga ctggctgaac 960 ggcaaggagtacaagtgcaa ggtgagcaac aaggccctgc ctgcccccat cgagaagacc 1020 atcagcaaggccaagggcca gccccgggag ccccaggtgt acaccctgcc ccccagccgg 1080 gaggagatgaccaagaacca ggtgtccctc acctgtctgg tgaagggctt ctaccccagc 1140 gacaccgccgtggagtggga gagcaacggc cagcccgaga acaactacaa gaccaccccc 1200 cctgtgctggacagcgacgg cagcttcttc ctgtacagca agctcaccgt ggacaagagc 1260 cggtggcagcagggcaacgt gttcagctgc agcgtgatgc acgaggccct gcacaaccac 1320 tacacccagaagagcctgag cctgagcccc ggcaag 1356 CR6307 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence(SEQ ID NO: 473)QVQLVQSGGGLVKPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSSYSMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVSSISSSSSYIYYVDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNSLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARGGGSYGAYEGFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6307 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 471)QVQLVQSGGGLVKPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSSYSMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVSSISSSSSYIYYVDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNSLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARGGGSYGAYEGFDYWGQGTLVTVSS CR6307Light Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 475) gaaattgtgc tgactcagtctccaggcacc ctgtctttgt ctccagggga aagagccacc 60 ctctcctgca gggccagtcagcgtgttagc agctacttag cctggtacca acagaaacct 120 ggccaggctc ccaggctcctcatctatggt gcatccacca gggccgctgg catcccagac 180 aggttcagtg gcagtgggtctgggacagac ttcactctca ccatcagcag actggagcct 240 gaagattctg cagtgtattactgtcagcag tatggtagga caccgctcac tttcggcgga 300 gggaccaagg tggagatcaaacgtgcggcc gcacccagcg tgttcatctt ccccccctcc 360 gacgagcagc tgaagagcggcaccgccagc gtggtgtgcc tgctgaacaa cttctacccc 420 cgggaggcca aggtgcagtggaaggtggac aacgccctgc agagcggcaa cagccaggag 480 agcgtgaccg agcaggacagcaaggactcc acctacagcc tgagcagcac cctcaccctg 540 agcaaggccg actacgagaagcacaaggtg tacgcctgcg aggtgaccca ccagggcctg 600 agcagccccg tgaccaagagcttcaaccgg ggcgagtgt 639 CR6307 Light Chain amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 476)EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQRVSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASTRAAGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDSAVYYCQQYGRTPLTFGGGTKVEIKRAAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGEC CR6307 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 474)EIVLYQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQRVSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASTRAAGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDSAVYYCQQYGRTPLTFGGGTKVEIKR

The CR6310 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 477) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 478 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 479. The CR6310 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 480) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 481 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 482.

CR6310 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 478) gaggtgcagctggtggagtc tggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaagtc 60 tcttgcaaggcttctggagg ccccttccgc agctatgcta tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcctgagtg gatgggaggg atcatcccta tttttggtac aacaaaatac 180 gcaccgaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggacg atttcgcggg cacagtttac 240 atggagctgagcagcctgcg atctgaggac acggccatgt actactgtgc gaaacatatg 300 gggtaccaggtgcgcgaaac tatggacgtc tggggcaaag ggaccacggt caccgtctcg 360 agtgctagcaccaagggccc cagcgtgttc cccctggccc ccagcagcaa gagcaccagc 420 ggcggcacagccgccctggg ctgcctggtg aaggactact tccccgagcc cgtgaccgtg 480 agctggaacagcggcgcctt gaccagcggc gtgcacacct tccccgccgt gctgcagagc 540 agcggcctgtacagcctgag cagcgtggtg accgtgccca gcagcagcct gggcacccag 600 acctacatctgcaacgtgaa ccacaagccc agcaacacca aggtggacaa acgcgtggag 660 cccaagagctgcgacaagac ccacacctgc cccccctgcc ctgcccccga gctgctgggc 720 ggaccctccgtgttcctgtt cccccccaag cccaaggaca ccctcatgat cagccggacc 780 cccgaggtgacctgcgtggt ggtggacgtg agccacgagg accccgaggt gaagttcaac 840 tggtacgtggacggcgtgga ggtgcacaac gccaagacca agccccggga ggagcagtac 900 aacagcacctaccgggtggt gagcgtgctc accgtgctgc accaggactg gctgaacggc 960 aaggagtacaagtgcaaggt gagcaacaag gccctgcctg cccccatcga gaagaccatc 1020 agcaaggccaagggccagcc ccgggagccc caggtgtaca ccctgccccc cagccgggag 1080 gagatgaccaagaaccaggt gtccctcacc tgtctggtga agggcttcta ccccagcgac 1140 atcgccgtggagtgggagag caacggccag cccgagaaca actacaagac caccccccct 1200 gtgctggacagcgacggcag cttcttcctg tacagcaagc tcaccgtgga caagagccgg 1260 tggcagcagggcaacgtgtt cagctgcagc gtgatgcacg aggccctgca caaccactac 1320 acccagaagagcctgagcct gagccccggc aag 1353 CR6310 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence(SEQ ID NO: 479)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6310 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 477)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSS CR6310 LightChain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 481) tcctatgtgc tgactcagccaccctcggtg tcagtggccc caggacagac ggccaggatt 60 acctgtgggg gaaacaacattggaagtaaa agtgtgcact ggtaccagca gaagccaggc 120 caggcccctg tgctggtcgtctatgatgat agcgaccggc cctcagggat ccctgagcga 180 ttctctggct ccaactctgggaacacggcc accctgacca tcagcagggt cgaagccggg 240 gatgaggccg actattactgtcaggtgtgg gatagtagta gtgatcatgc tgtgttcgga 300 ggaggcaccc agctgaccgtcctcggtgcg gccgcaggcc agcccaaggc cgctcccagc 360 gtgaccctgt tccccccctcctccgaggag ctgcaggcca acaaggccac cctggtgtgc 420 ctcatcagcg acttctaccctggcgccgtg accgtggcct ggaaggccga cagcagcccc 480 gtgaaggccg gcgtggagaccaccaccccc agcaagcaga gcaacaacaa gtacgccgcc 540 agcagctacc tgagcctcacccccgagcag tggaagagcc accggagcta cagctgccag 600 gtgacccacg agggcagcaccgtggagaag accgtggccc ccaccgagtg cagc 654 CR6310 Light Chain amino acidsequence (SEQ ID NO: 482)SYVLTQPPSVSVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGSKSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWDSSSDHAVFGGGTQLTVLGAAAGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHRSYSCQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS CR6310 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 480) SYVLTQPPSVSVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGSKSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWDSSSDHAVFGGGTQLTVLG

The CR6314 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 483) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 484 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 485. The CR6314 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 486) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 487 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 488.

CR6314 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 484) gaggtgcagctggtggagtc tggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaagtc 60 tcttgcaaggcttctggagg ccccttccgc agctatgcta tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcctgagtg gatgggaggg atcatcccta tttttggtac aacaaaatac 180 gcaccgaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggacg atttcgcggg cacagtttac 240 atggagctgagcagcctgcg atctgaggac acggccatgt actactgtgc gaaacatatg 300 gggtaccaggtgcgcgaaac tatggacgtc tggggcaaag ggaccacggt caccgtctcg 360 agtgctagcaccaagggccc cagcgtgttc cccctggccc ccagcagcaa gagcaccagc 420 ggcggcacagccgccctggg ctgcctggtg aaggactact tccccgagcc cgtgaccgtg 480 agctggaacagcggcgcctt gaccagcggc gtgcacacct tccccgccgt gctgcagagc 540 agcggcctgtacagcctgag cagcgtggtg accgtgccca gcagcagcct gggcacccag 600 acctacatctgcaacgtgaa ccacaagccc agcaacacca aggtggacaa acgcgtggag 660 cccaagagctgcgacaagac ccacacctgc cccccctgcc ctgcccccga gctgctgggc 720 ggaccctccgtgttcctgtt cccccccaag cccaaggaca ccctcatgat cagccggacc 780 cccgaggtgacctgcgtggt ggtggacgtg agccacgagg accccgaggt gaagttcaac 840 tggtacgtggacggcgtgga ggtgcacaac gccaagacca agccccggga ggagcagtac 900 aacagcacctaccgggtggt gagcgtgctc accgtgctgc accaggactg gctgaacggc 960 aaggagtacaagtgcaaggt gagcaacaag gccctgcctg cccccatcga gaagaccatc 1020 agcaaggccaagggccagcc ccgggagccc caggtgtaca ccctgccccc cagccgggag 1080 gagatgaccaagaaccaggt gtccctcacc tgtctggtga agggcttcta ccccagcgac 1140 atcgccgtggagtgggagag caacggccag cccgagaaca actacaagac caccccccct 1200 gtgctggacagcgacggcag cttcttcctg tacagcaagc tcaccgtgga caagagccgg 1260 tggcagcagggcaacgtgtt cagctgcagc gtgatgcacg aggccctgca caaccactac 1320 acccagaagagcctgagcct gagccccggc aag 1353 CR6314 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence(SEQ ID NO: 485)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6314 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 483)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRSYAISWVRQAPGQGPEWMGGIIPIFGTTKYAPKFQGRVTITADDFAGTVYMELSSLRSEDTAMYYCAKHMGYQVRETMDVWGKGTTVTVSS CR6314 LightChain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 487) tcctatgtgc tgactcagccaccctcagcg tctgggaccc ccgggcagag ggtcaccatc 60 tcttgttctg gaagcagctccaacatcgga agtaattatg tatactggta ccagcagctc 120 ccaggcacgg cccccaaactcctcatctat agggatggtc agcggccctc aggggtccct 180 gaccgattct ctggctccaagtctggcacc tcagcctccc tggccatcag tggactccgg 240 tccgatgatg aggctgattattactgtgca acatgggatg acaacctgag tggtccagta 300 ttcggcggag ggaccaagctgaccgtccta ggtgcggccg caggccagcc caaggccgct 360 cccagcgtga ccctgttccccccctcctcc gaggagctgc aggccaacaa ggccaccctg 420 gtgtgcctca tcagcgacttctaccctggc gccgtgaccg tggcctggaa ggccgacagc 480 agccccgtga aggccggcgtggagaccacc acccccagca agcagagcaa caacaagtac 540 gccgccagca gctacctgagcctcaccccc gagcagtgga agagccaccg gagctacagc 600 tgccaggtga cccacgagggcagcaccgtg gagaagaccg tggcccccac cgagtgcagc 660 CR6314 Light Chain aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 488)SYVLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTISCSGSSSNIGSNYVYWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYRDGQRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGTSASLAISGLRSDDEADYYCATWDDNLSGPVFGGGTKLTVLGAAAQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPGQWKSHRSYSCQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECSG CR6314 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 486)SYVLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTISCSGSSSNIGSNYVYWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYRDGQRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGTSASLAISGLRSDDEADYYCATWDDNLSGPVFGGGTKLTVLG

The CR6323 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 489) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 490 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 491. The CR6323 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 492) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 493 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 494.

CR6323 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 490) gaggtgcagctggtggagtc tggggctgag gtgaagaagc cagggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgtaaggcctctggagg caccttctcc agctatggta tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcttgagtg gatgggagac atcatcggta tgtttggttc aacaaactac 180 gcacagaacttccagggcag actcacgatt accgcggacg aatccacgag cacagcctac 240 atggagctgagcagcctgag atctgaggac acggccgtgt attactgtgc gagaagtagt 300 ggttattaccctgcatacct cccccactgg ggccagggca ccttggtcac cgtctcgagt 360 gctagcaccaagggccccag cgtgttcccc ctggccccca gcagcaagag caccagcggc 420 ggcacagccgccctgggctg cctggtgaag gactacttcc ccgagcccgt gaccgtgagc 480 tggaacagcggcgccttgac cagcggcgtg cacaccttcc ccgccgtgct gcagagcagc 540 ggcctgtacagcctgagcag cgtggtgacc gtgcccagca gcagcctggg cacccagacc 600 tacatctgcaacgtgaacca caagcccagc aacaccaagg tggacaaacg cgtggagccc 660 aagagctgcgacaagaccca cacctgcccc ccctgccctg cccccgagct gctgggcgga 720 ccctccgtgttcctgttccc ccccaagccc aaggacaccc tcatgatcag ccggaccccc 780 gaggtgacctgcgtggtggt ggacgtgagc cacgaggacc ccgaggtgaa gttcaactgg 840 tacgtggacggcgtggaggt gcacaacgcc aagaccaagc cccgggagga gcagtacaac 900 agcacctaccgggtggtgag cgtgctcacc gtgctgcacc aggactggct gaacggcaag 960 gagtacaagtgcaaggtgag caacaaggcc ctgcctgccc ccatcgagaa gaccatcagc 1020 aaggccaagggccagccccg ggagccccag gtgtacaccc tgccccccag ccgggaggag 1080 atgaccaagaaccaggtgtc cctcacctgt ctggtgaagg gcttctaccc cagcgacatc 1140 gccgtggagtgggagagcaa cggccagccc gagaacaact acaagaccac cccccctgtg 1200 ctggacagcgacggcagctt cttcctgtac agcaagctca ccgtggacaa gagccggtgg 1260 cagcagggcaacgtgttcag ctgcagcgtg atgcacgagg ccctgcacaa ccactacacc 1320 cagaagagcctgagcctgag ccccggcaag 1350 CR6323 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence (SEQID NO: 491)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYGISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGDIIGMFGSTNYAQNFQGRLTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARSSGYYPAYLPHWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6323 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 489)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYGISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGDIIGMFGSTNYAQNFQGRLTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARSSGYYPAYLPHWGQGTLVTVSS CR6323 LightChain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 493) gaaattgtgt tgacccagtctccaggcacc ctgtctttgt ctccagggga aagagccacc 60 ctctcctgca gggccagtcagagtgttagc agcagctact tagcctggta ccagcagaaa 120 cctggccagg ctcccaggctcctcatctat ggtgcatcca gcagggccac tggcatccca 180 gacaggttca gtggcagtgggtctgggaca gacttcactc tcaccatcag cagactggag 240 cctgaagatt ttgcagtgtattactgtcag cagtatggta gctcacccag aactttcggc 300 ggagggacca aggtggagatcaaacgtgcg gccgcaccca gcgtgttcat cttccccccc 360 tccgacgagc agctgaagagcggcaccgcc agcgtggtgt gcctgctgaa caacttctac 420 ccccgggagg ccaaggtgcagtggaaggtg gacaacgccc tgcagagcgg caacagccag 480 gagagcgtga ccgagcaggacagcaaggac tccacctaca gcctgagcag caccctcacc 540 ctgagcaagg ccgactacgagaagcacaag gtgtacgcct gcgaggtgac ccaccagggc 600 ctgagcagcc ccgtgaccaagagcttcaac cggggcgagt gt 642 CR6323 Light Chain amino acid sequence (SEQID NO: 494)EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASSRATGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSPRTFGGGTKVEIKRAAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGEC CR6323 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 492)EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASSRATGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSPRTFGGGTKVEIKR

The CR6325 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 495) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 496 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 497. The CR6325 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 498) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 499 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 500.

CR6325 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 496) gaggtgcagctggtggagtc tggggctgag gtgaagaagc cggggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaaggcttctggagg caccttcagc ttctattcta tgagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaaggacttgagtg gatgggaggg atcatcccta tgtttggtac aacaaactac 180 gcacagaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggtcg aatccacgag cacagcctac 240 atggaggtgagcagcctgag atctgaggac acggccgttt attactgtgc gagaggtgat 300 aagggtatctactactacta catggacgtc tggggcaaag ggaccacggt caccgtctcg 360 agtgctagcaccaagggccc cagcgtgttc cccctggccc ccagcagcaa gagcaccagc 420 ggcggcacagccgccctggg ctgcctggtg aaggactact tccccgagcc cgtgaccgtg 480 agctggaacagcggcgcctt gaccagcggc gtgcacacct tccccgccgt gctgcagagc 540 agcggcctgtacagcctgag cagcgtggtg accgtgccca gcagcagcct gggcacccag 600 acctacatctgcaacgtgaa ccacaagccc agcaacacca aggtggacaa acgcgtggag 660 cccaagagctgcgacaagac ccacacctgc cccccctgcc ctgcccccga gctgctgggc 720 ggaccctccgtgttcctgtt cccccccaag cccaaggaca ccctcatgat cagccggacc 780 cccgaggtgacctgcgtggt ggtggacgtg agccacgagg accccgaggt gaagttcaac 840 tggtacgtggacggcgtgga ggtgcacaac gccaagacca agccccggga ggagcagtac 900 aacagcacctaccgggtggt gagcgtgctc accgtgctgc accaggactg gctgaacggc 960 aaggagtacaagtgcaaggt gagcaacaag gccctgcctg cccccatcga gaagaccatc 1020 agcaaggccaagggccagcc ccgggagccc caggtgtaca ccctgccccc cagccgggag 1080 gagatgaccaagaaccaggt gtccctcacc tgtctggtga agggcttcta ccccagcgac 1140 atcgccgtggagtgggagag caacggccag cccgagaaca actacaagac caccccccct 1200 gtgctggacagcgacggcag cttcttcctg tacagcaagc tcaccgtgga caagagccgg 1260 tggcagcagggcaacgtgtt cagctgcagc gtgatgcacg aggccctgca caaccactac 1320 acccagaagagcctgagcct gagccccggc aag 1353 CR6325 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence(SEQ ID NO: 497)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSFYSMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIPMFGTTNYAQKFQGRVTITAVESTSTAYMEVSSLRSEDTAVYYCARGDKGIYYYYMDVWGKGTTVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6325 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 495)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSFYSMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIPMFGTTNYAQKFQGRVTITAVESTSTAYMEVSSLRSEDTAVYYCARGDKGIYYYYMDVWGKGTTVTVSS CR6325Light Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 499) cagtctgccc tgactcagcctgcctccgtg tctgggtctc ctggacagtc gatcaccatc 60 tcctgcactg gaaccagcagtgacgttggt ggttataact atgtctcctg gtaccaacag 120 cacccaggca aagcccccaaactcatgatt tatgaggtca gtaatcggcc ctcaggggtt 180 tctaatcgct tctctggctccaagtctggc aacacggcct ccctgaccat ctctgggctc 240 caggctgagg acgaggctgattattactgc agctcatata caagcagcag cactcttgtc 300 ttcggaactg ggaccaaggtcaccgtccta ggtgcggccg caggccagcc caaggccgct 360 cccagcgtga ccctgttccccccctcctcc gaggagctgc aggccaacaa ggccaccctg 420 gtgtgcctca tcagcgacttctaccctggc gccgtgaccg tggcctggaa ggccgacagc 480 agccccgtga aggccggcgtggagaccacc acccccagca agcagagcaa caacaagtac 540 gccgccagca gctacctgagcctcaccccc gagcagtgga agagccaccg gagctacagc 600 tgccaggtga cccacgagggcagcaccgtg gagaagaccg tggcccccac cgagtgcagc 660 CR6325 Light Chain aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 500)QSALTQPASVSGSPGQSITISCTGTSSDVGGYNYVSWYQQHPGKAPKLMIYEVSNRPSGVSNRFSGSKSGNTASLTISGLQAEDEADYYCSSYTSSSTLVFGTGTKVTVLGAAAGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHRSYSCQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS CR6325 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 498) QSALTQPASVSGSPGQSITISCTGTSSDVGGYNYVSWYQQHPGKAPKLMIYEVSNRPSGVSNRFSGSKSGNTASLTISGLQAEDEADYYCSSYTSSSTLVFGTGTKVTVLG

The CR6327 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 501) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 502 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 503. The CR6327 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 504) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 505 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 506.

CR6327 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 502) gaggtgcagctggtggagac cggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaaggcctctggagg caccttcagg acccatgcta tcagttgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcttgagtg gatgggaggg atcatcgcta tcttcggaac agcaaactac 180 gcacagaagttccagggcag aatcacgatt accgcggacg aatccacgag tacagcctac 240 atggagctgagcagcctgag atctgaggac acggccgtgt atttctgtgc gagaggcagt 300 ggttatcatatatcgacacc ctttgacaac tggggccagg gaaccctggt caccgtctcg 360 agtgctagcaccaagggccc cagcgtgttc cccctggccc ccagcagcaa gagcaccagc 420 ggcggcacagccgccctggg ctgcctggtg aaggactact tccccgagcc cgtgaccgtg 480 agctggaacagcggcgcctt gaccagcggc gtgcacacct tccccgccgt gctgcagagc 540 agcggcctgtacagcctgag cagcgtggtg accgtgccca gcagcagcct gggcacccag 600 acctacatctgcaacgtgaa ccacaagccc agcaacacca aggtggacaa acgcgtggag 660 cccaagagctgcgacaagac ccacacctgc cccccctgcc ctgcccccga gctgctgggc 720 ggaccctccgtgttcctgtt cccccccaag cccaaggaca ccctcatgat cagccggacc 780 cccgaggtgacctgcgtggt ggtggacgtg agccacgagg accccgaggt gaagttcaac 840 tggtacgtggacggcgtgga ggtgcacaac gccaagacca agccccggga ggagcagtac 900 aacagcacctaccgggtggt gagcgtgctc accgtgctgc accaggactg gctgaacggc 960 aaggagtacaagtgcaaggt gagcaacaag gccctgcctg cccccatcga gaagaccatc 1020 agcaaggccaagggccagcc ccgggagccc caggtgtaca ccctgccccc cagccgggag 1080 gagatgaccaagaaccaggt gtccctcacc tgtctggtga agggcttcta ccccagcgac 1140 atcgccgtggagtgggagag caacggccag cccgagaaca actacaagac caccccccct 1200 gtgctggacagcgacggcag cttcttcctg tacagcaagc tcaccgtgga caagagccgg 1260 tggcagcagggcaacgtgtt cagctgcagc gtgatgcacg aggccctgca caaccactac 1320 acccagaagagcctgagcct gagccccggc aag 1353 CR6327 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence(SEQ ID NO: 503)EVQLVETGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFRTHAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIAIFGTANYAQKFQGRITITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYFCARGSGYHISTPFDNWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6327 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 501)EVQLVETGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFRTHAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIAIFGTANYAQKFQGRITITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYFCARGSGYHISTPFDNWGQGTLVTVSS CR6327Light Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 505) tcctatgtgc tgactcagccaccctcggtg tcagtggccc caggacagac ggccaggatt 60 acctgtgggg gaaacaacattggaagtaaa ggtgtgcact ggtaccagca gaagcctggc 120 caggcccctg tgctggtcgtctatgatgat agcgaccggc cctcagggat ccctgagcga 180 ttctctggct ccaactctgggaacacggcc accctgacca tcagcagggt cgaagccggg 24 0 gatgaggccg actattactgtcaggtgtgg gatagtagta gtgatcatgt ggtattcggc 300 ggagggacca agctgaccgtcctaggtgcg gccgcaggcc agcccaaggc cgctcccagc 360 gtgaccctgt tccccccctcctccgaggag ctgcaggcca acaaggccac cctggtgtgc 420 ctcatcagcg acttctaccctggcgccgtg accgtggcct ggaaggccga cagcagcccc 480 gtgaaggccg gcgtggagaccaccaccccc agcaagcaga gcaacaacaa gtacgccgcc 540 agcagctacc tgagcctcacccccgagcag tggaagagcc accggagcta cagctgccag 600 gtgacccacg agggcagcaccgtggagaag accgtggccc ccaccgagtg cagc 654 CR6327 Light Chain amino acidsequence (SEQ ID NO: 506)SYVLTQPPSVSVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGSKGVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWDSSSDHVVFGGGTKLTVLGAAAGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHRSYSCQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS CR6327 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 504) SYVLTQPPSVSVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGSKGVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWDSSSDHVVFGGGTKLTVLG

The CR6328 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 507) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 508 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 509. The CR6328 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 510) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 511 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 512.

CR6328 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 508) gaggtgcagctggtggagtc tggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaaggcttctggaca catcttcagc ggctatgcaa tcagttgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcttgagtg gatgggaggg atcatcccta tctttggtac aacaaactac 180 gcacagaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggacc aatccacgag cacagcctac 240 atggacctgagcaacttgag atctgaggac acggccgtct attactgtgc gagagtgaaa 300 gatggatattgtactcttac cagctgccct gtcggctggt acttcgatct ctggggccgt 360 ggcaccctggtcactgtctc gagtgctagc accaagggcc ccagcgtgtt ccccctggcc 420 cccagcagcaagagcaccag cggcggcaca gccgccctgg gctgcctggt gaaggactac 480 ttccccgagcccgtgaccgt gagctggaac agcggcgcct tgaccagcgg cgtgcacacc 540 ttccccgccgtgctgcagag cagcggcctg tacagcctga gcagcgtggt gaccgtgccc 600 agcagcagcctgggcaccca gacctacatc tgcaacgtga accacaagcc cagcaacacc 660 aaggtggacaaacgcgtgga gcccaagagc tgcgacaaga cccacacctg ccccccctgc 720 cctgcccccgagctgctggg cggaccctcc gtgttcctgt tcccccccaa gcccaaggac 780 accctcatgatcagccggac ccccgaggtg acctgcgtgg tggtggacgt gagccacgag 840 gaccccgaggtgaagttcaa ctggtacgtg gacggcgtgg aggtgcacaa cgccaagacc 900 aagccccgggaggagcagta caacagcacc taccgggtgg tgagcgtgct caccgtgctg 960 caccaggactggctgaacgg caaggagtac aagtgcaagg tgagcaacaa ggccctgcct 1020 gcccccatcgagaagaccat cagcaaggcc aagggccagc cccgggagcc ccaggtgtac 1080 accctgccccccagccggga ggagatgacc aagaaccagg tgtccctcac ctgtctggtg 1140 aagggcttctaccccagcga catcgccgtg gagtgggaga gcaacggcca gcccgagaac 1200 aactacaagaccaccccccc tgtgctggac agcgacggca gcttcttcct gtacagcaag 1260 ctcaccgtggacaagagccg gtggcagcag ggcaacgtgt tcagctgcag cgtgatgcac 1320 gaggccctgcacaaccacta cacccagaag agcctgagcc tgagccccgg caag 1374 CR6328 Heavy Chainamino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 509)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGHIFSGYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIPIFGTTNYAQKFQGRVTITADQSTSTAYMDLSNLRSEDTAVYYCARVKDGYCTLTSCPVGWYFDLWGRGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6328 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 507)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGHIFSGYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIPIFGTTNYAQKFQGRVTITADQSTSTAYMDLSNLRSEDTAVYYCARVKDGYCTLTSCPVGWYFDLWGRGTL VTVSSCR6328 Light Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 511) gaaattgtgatgacgcagtc tccaggcacc ctgtctttgt ctccagggga aagagccacc 60 ctctcgtgcagggccagtca gagtgttagc agcagctact tagcctggta ccagcagaaa 120 cctggccaggctcccaggct cctcatcttt ggtgcctcca gcagggccac tggcatccca 180 gacaggttcagtggcagtgg gtctgggaca gacttcactc tcaccatcag cagactggag 240 cctgaagattttgcagtgta ttactgtcag cagtatggta gctcactcac tttcggcgga 300 gggaccaagctggagatcaa acgtgcggcc gcacccagcg tgttcatctt ccccccctcc 360 gacgagcagctgaagagcgg caccgccagc gtggtgtgcc tgctgaacaa cttctacccc 420 cgggaggccaaggtgcagtg gaaggtggac aacgccctgc agagcggcaa cagccaggag 480 agcgtgaccgagcaggacag caaggactcc acctacagcc tgagcagcac cctcaccctg 540 agcaaggccgactacgagaa gcacaaggtg tacgcctgcg aggtgaccca ccagggcctg 600 agcagccccgtgaccaagag cttcaaccgg ggcgagtgt 639 CR6328 Light Chain amino acidsequence (SEQ ID NO: 512)EIVMTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIFGASSRATGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSLTFGGGTKLEIKRAAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGEC CR6328 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 510)EIVMTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIFGASSRATGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSLTFGGGTKLEIKR

The CR6329 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 513) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 514 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 515. The CR6329 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 516) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 517 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 518.

CR6329 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 514) gaggtccagctggtacagtc tggggctgag gttaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaaggcttctggagg catcttcaga agcaattcta tcagttgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctgggcaagggcttgagtg gatgggaggg atcttcgctc ttttcggaac aacagactac 180 gcgcagaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggacg aatcttcgac cacagtctac 240 ctggagctgagtagcctgac atctgaggac acggccgttt attactgtgc gagaggcagt 300 ggctacaccacacgcaacta ctttgactac tggggccagg gcaccctggt caccgtctcg 360 agtgctagcaccaagggccc cagcgtgttc cccctggccc ccagcagcaa gagcaccagc 420 ggcggcacagccgccctggg ctgcctggtg aaggactact tccccgagcc cgtgaccgtg 480 agctggaacagcggcgcctt gaccagcggc gtgcacacct tccccgccgt gctgcagagc 540 agcggcctgtacagcctgag cagcgtggtg accgtgccca gcagcagcct gggcacccag 600 acctacatctgcaacgtgaa ccacaagccc agcaacacca aggtggacaa acgcgtggag 660 cccaagagctgcgacaagac ccacacctgc cccccctgcc ctgcccccga gctgctgggc 720 ggaccctccgtgttcctgtt cccccccaag cccaaggaca ccctcatgat cagccggacc 780 cccgaggtgacctgcgtggt ggtggacgtg agccacgagg accccgaggt gaagttcaac 840 tggtacgtggacggcgtgga ggtgcacaac gccaagacca agccccggga ggagcagtac 900 aacagcacctaccgggtggt gagcgtgctc accgtgctgc accaggactg gctgaacggc 960 aaggagtacaagtgcaaggt gagcaacaag gccctgcctg cccccatcga gaagaccatc 1020 agcaaggccaagggccagcc ccgggagccc caggtgtaca ccctgccccc cagccgggag 1080 gagatgaccaagaaccaggt gtccctcacc tgtctggtga agggcttcta ccccagcgac 1140 atcgccgtggagtgggagag caacggccag cccgagaaca actacaagac caccccccct 1200 gtgctggacagcgacggcag cttcttcctg tacagcaagc tcaccgtgga caagagccgg 1260 tggcagcagggcaacgtgtt cagctgcagc gtgatgcacg aggccctgca caaccactac 1320 acccagaagagcctgagcct gagccccggc aag 1353 CR6329 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence(SEQ ED NO: 515)EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGIFRSNSISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIFALFGTTDYAQKFQGRVTITADESSTTVYLELSSLTSEDTAVYYCARGSGYTTRNYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6329 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 513)EVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGIFRSNSISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIFALFGTTDYAQKFQGRVTITADESSTTVYLELSSLTSEDTAVYYCARGSGYTTRNYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS CR6329 LightChain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 517) gaaattgtgc tgactcagtctccaggcacc ctgtctttgt ctccagggga aagagccaca 60 ctctcctgca gggccagtcagagtgttagc agcaactact taggctggta ccagcagaaa 120 cctggccagg ctcccaggctcctgatctat ggtgcatcca gcagggccag tggcatccca 180 gacaggttca gtggcggtgggtctgggaca gacttcactc tcaccatcag cagactggag 240 cctgaagatt ttgcagtgtattactgtcag cagtatggta gctcacccct cactttcggc 300 ggagggacca aggtggagatcaaacgtgcg gccgcaggcc agcccaaggc cgctcccagc 360 gtgaccctgt tccccccctcctccgaggag ctgcaggcca acaaggccac cctggtgtgc 420 ctcatcagcg acttctaccctggcgccgtg accgtggcct ggaaggccga cagcagcccc 480 gtgaaggccg gcgtggagaccaccaccccc agcaagcaga gcaacaacaa gtacgccgcc 540 agcagctacc tgagcctcacccccgagcag tggaagagcc accggagcta cagctgccag 600 gtgacccacg agggcagcaccgtggagaag accgtggccc ccaccgagtg cagc 654 CR6329 Light Chain amino acidsequence (SEQ ID NO: 518)EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSNYLGWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASSRASGIPDRFSGGGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSPLTFGGGTKVEIKRAAAGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHRSYSCQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS CR6329 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:516) EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSNYLGWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASSRASGIPDRFSGGGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSPLTFGGGTKVEIKR

The CR6331 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 519) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 520 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 521. The CR6331 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 522) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 523 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 524.

CR6331 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 520) gaggtgcagctggtggagtc tggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaaggcttctggagg caccttcagc agctatgcta tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcttgagtg gatgggaggg atcatcggta tgttcggtac agcaaactac 180 gcacagaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggacg aatttacgag cacagcctac 240 atggagctgagcagcctgag atctgaggac acggccgtgt attactgtgc gagaggaaat 300 tattactatgagagtagtct cgactactgg ggccagggaa ccctggtcac cgtctcgagt 360 gctagcaccaagggccccag cgtgttcccc ctggccccca gcagcaagag caccagcggc 420 ggcacagccgccctgggctg cctggtgaag gactacttcc ccgagcccgt gaccgtgagc 480 tggaacagcggcgccttgac cagcggcgtg cacaccttcc ccgccgtgct gcagagcagc 540 ggcctgtacagcctgagcag cgtggtgacc gtgcccagca gcagcctggg cacccagacc 600 tacatctgcaacgtgaacca caagcccagc aacaccaagg tggacaaacg cgtggagccc 660 aagagctgcgacaagaccca cacctgcccc ccctgccctg cccccgagct gctgggcgga 720 ccctccgtgttcctgttccc ccccaagccc aaggacaccc tcatgatcag ccggaccccc 780 gaggtgacctgcgtggtggt ggacgtgagc cacgaggacc ccgaggtgaa gttcaactgg 840 tacgtggacggcgtggaggt gcacaacgcc aagaccaagc cccgggagga gcagtacaac 900 agcacctaccgggtggtgag cgtgctcacc gtgctgcacc aggactggct gaacggcaag 960 gagtacaagtgcaaggtgag caacaaggcc ctgcctgccc ccatcgagaa gaccatcagc 1020 aaggccaagggccagccccg ggagccccag gtgtacaccc tgccccccag ccgggaggag 1080 atgaccaagaaccaggtgtc cctcacctgt ctggtgaagg gcttctaccc cagcgacatc 1140 gccgtggagtgggagagcaa cggccagccc gagaacaact acaagaccac cccccctgtg 1200 ctggacagcgacggcagctt cttcctgtac agcaagctca ccgtggacaa gagccggtgg 1260 cagcagggcaacgtgttcag ctgcagcgtg atgcacgagg ccctgcacaa ccactacacc 1320 cagaagagcctgagcctgag ccccggcaag 1350 CR6331 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence (SEQID NO: 521)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIGMFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADEFTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARGNYYYESSLDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6331 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 519)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIGMFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADEFTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARGNYYYESSLDYWGQGTLVTVSS CR6331 LightChain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 523) cagtctgtcg tgacgcagccgccctcggtg tcagtggccc caggacagac ggccaggatt 60 acctgtgggg gaaacaacattggaagtaaa agtgtgcact ggtaccagca gaagccaggc 120 caggcccctg tgctggtcgtctatgatgat agcgaccggc cctcagggat ccctgagcga 180 ttctctggct ccaactctgggaacacggcc accctgacca tcagcagggt cgaagccggg 240 gatgaggccg actattactgtcaggtgtgg gatagtagta gtgatcatta tgtcttcgga 300 actgggacca aggtcaccgtcctaggtgcg gccgcaggcc agcccaaggc cgctcccagc 360 gtgaccctgt tccccccctcctccgaggag ctgcaggcca acaaggccac cctggtgtgc 420 ctcatcagcg acttctaccctggcgccgtg accgtggcct ggaaggccga cagcagcccc 480 gtgaaggccg gcgtggagaccaccaccccc agcaagcaga gcaacaacaa gtacgccgcc 540 agcagctacc tgagcctcacccccgagcag tggaagagcc accggagcta cagctgccag 600 gtgacccacg agggcagcaccgtggagaag accgtggccc ccaccgagtg cagc 654 CR6331 Light Chain amino acidsequence (SEQ ID NO: 524)QSVVTQPPSVSVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGSKSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWDSSSDHYVFGTGTKVTVLGAAAGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHRSYSCQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS CR6331 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 522) QSVVTQPPSVSVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGSKSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWDSSSDHYVFGTGTKVTVLG

The CR6332 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 525) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 526 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 527. The CR6332 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 528) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 529 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 530.

CR6332 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 526) caggtgcagctggtgcagtc tggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtaaaggtc 60 tcctgcaaggcttctggagg ccccttccgc aattttgcta tcaactgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcttgagtg gatgggaggg atcatcgctg tctttgggac gacaaagtac 180 gcacataagttccagggcag agtcaccatc accgcggacg actccacaaa tacagcttac 240 atggagctgggcagcctgaa atctgaggac acggccgtgt attactgtgc gagaggtccc 300 cactactactcctcctacat ggacgtctgg ggcgaaggga ccacggtcac cgtctcgagt 360 gctagcaccaagggccccag cgtgttcccc ctggccccca gcagcaagag caccagcggc 420 ggcacagccgccctgggctg cctggtgaag gactacttcc ccgagcccgt gaccgtgagc 480 tggaacagcggcgccttgac cagcggcgtg cacaccttcc ccgccgtgct gcagagcagc 540 ggcctgtacagcctgagcag cgtggtgacc gtgcccagca gcagcctggg cacccagacc 600 tacatctgcaacgtgaacca caagcccagc aacaccaagg tggacaaacg cgtggagccc 660 aagagctgcgacaagaccca cacctgcccc ccctgccctg cccccgagct gctgggcgga 720 ccctccgtgttcctgttccc ccccaagccc aaggacaccc tcatgatcag ccggaccccc 780 gaggtgacctgcgtggtggt ggacgtgagc cacgaggacc ccgaggtgaa gttcaactgg 840 tacgtggacggcgtggaggt gcacaacgcc aagaccaagc cccgggagga gcagtacaac 900 agcacctaccgggtggtgag cgtgctcacc gtgctgcacc aggactggct gaacggcaag 960 gagtacaagtgcaaggtgag caacaaggcc ctgcctgccc ccatcgagaa gaccatcagc 1020 aaggccaagggccagccccg ggagccccag gtgtacaccc tgccccccag ccgggaggag 1080 atgaccaagaaccaggtgtc cctcacctgt ctggtgaagg gcttctaccc cagcgacatc 1140 gccgtggagtgggagagcaa cggccagccc gagaacaact acaagaccac cccccctgtg 1200 ctggacagcgacggcagctt cttcctgtac agcaagctca ccgtggacaa gagccggtgg 1260 cagcagggcaacgtgttcag ctgcagcgtg atgcacgagg ccctgcacaa ccactacacc 1320 cagaagagcctgagcctgag ccccggcaag 1350 CR6332 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence (SEQID NO: 527)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRNFAINWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIAVFGTTKYAHKFQGRVTITADDSTNTAYMELGSLKSEDTAVYYCARGPHYYSSYMDVWGEGTTVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6332 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 525)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFRNFAINWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIAVFGTTKYAHKFQGRVTITADDSTNTAYMELGSLKSEDTAVYYCARGPHYYSSYMDVWGEGTTVTVSS CR6332 LightChain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 529) gacatccagt tgacccagtctccatcctcc ctgtctgcat ctgtaggaga cagagtcacc 60 atcacttgcc gggcgagtcagggcattagc acttatttag cctggtatca gcagaaaccc 120 gggaaagttc ctaaactcctgatctatgct gcatccactt tgcaatcagg ggtcccatct 180 cggttcagtg gcagtggatctgggacagat ttcactctca ccatcagcag cctgcagcct 240 gaagatgttg caacttattactgtcaaaag tataacagtg ccccttcttt cggccctggg 300 accaaagtgg atatcaaacgtgcggccgca cccagcgtgt tcatcttccc cccctccgac 360 gagcagctga agagcggcaccgccagcgtg gtgtgcctgc tgaacaactt ctacccccgg 420 gaggccaagg tgcagtggaaggtggacaac gccctgcaga gcggcaacag ccaggagagc 480 gtgaccgagc aggacagcaaggactccacc tacagcctga gcagcaccct caccctgagc 540 aaggccgact acgagaagcacaaggtgtac gcctgcgagg tgacccacca gggcctgagc 600 agccccgtga ccaagagcttcaaccggggc gagtgt 636 CR6332 Light Chain amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:530) DIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQGISTYLAWYQQKPGKVPKLLIYAASTLQSGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDVATYYCQKYNSAPSFGPGTKVDIKRAAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGEC CR6332 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 528)DIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQGISTYLAWYQQKPGKVPKLLIYAASTLQSGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDVATYYCQKYNSAPSFGPGTKVDIKR

The CR6334 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 531) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 532 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 533. The CR6334 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 534) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 535 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 536.

CR6334 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 532) gaggtgcagctggtggagac tggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 ccctgcaaatcttctggaag ccccttcagg agtaatgctg tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cccggacaagggcttgagtg ggtgggagga atcctcggtg tctttggttc accaagctac 180 gcacagaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggacg aatccaccaa cacagtccac 240 atggagctgagaggtttgag atctgaggac acggccgtgt attattgtgc gagaggtcct 300 acctactactactcctacat ggacgtctgg ggcaaaggga ccacggtcac cgtctcgagt 360 gctagcaccaagggccccag cgtgttcccc ctggccccca gcagcaagag caccagcggc 420 ggcacagccgccctgggctg cctggtgaag gactacttcc ccgagcccgt gaccgtgagc 480 tggaacagcggcgccttgac cagcggcgtg cacaccttcc ccgccgtgct gcagagcagc 540 ggcctgtacagcctgagcag cgtggtgacc gtgcccagca gcagcctggg cacccagacc 600 tacatctgcaacgtgaacca caagcccagc aacaccaagg tggacaaacg cgtggagccc 660 aagagctgcgacaagaccca cacctgcccc ccctgccctg cccccgagct gctgggcgga 720 ccctccgtgttcctgttccc ccccaagccc aaggacaccc tcatgatcag ccggaccccc 780 gaggtgacctgcgtggtggt ggacgtgagc cacgaggacc ccgaggtgaa gttcaactgg 840 tacgtggacggcgtggaggt gcacaacgcc aagaccaagc cccgggagga gcagtacaac 900 agcacctaccgggtggtgag cgtgctcacc gtgctgcacc aggactggct gaacggcaag 960 gagtacaagtgcaaggtgag caacaaggcc ctgcctgccc ccatcgagaa gaccatcagc 1020 aaggccaagggccagccccg ggagccccag gtgtacaccc tgccccccag ccgggaggag 1080 atgaccaagaaccaggtgtc cctcacctgt ctggtgaagg gcttctaccc cagcgacatc 1140 gccgtggagtgggagagcaa cggccagccc gagaacaact acaagaccac cccccctgtg 1200 ctggacagcgacggcagctt cttcctgtac agcaagctca ccgtggacaa gagccggtgg 1260 cagcagggcaacgtgttcag ctgcagcgtg atgcacgagg ccctgcacaa ccactacacc 1320 cagaagagcctgagcctgag ccccggcaag 1350 CR6334 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence (SEQID NO: 533)EVQLVETGAEVKKPGSSVKVPCKSSGSPFRSNAVSWVRQAPGQGLEWVGGILGVFGSPSYAQKFQGRVTITADESTNTVHMELRGLRSEDTAVYYCARGPTYYYSYMDVWGKGTTVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6334 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 531)EVQLVETGAEVKKPGSSVKVPCKSSGSPFRSNAVSWVRQAPGQGLEWVGGILGVFGSPSYAQKFQGRVTITADESTNTVHMELRGLRSEDTAVYYCARGPTYYYSYMDVWGKGTTVTVSS CR6334 LightChain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 535) tcctatgtgc tgactcagccaccctcggag tcagtggccc caggacagac ggccaggatt 60 acctgtgggg gaaataacattggaagaaat agtgtgcact ggtatcagca gaagccaggc 120 caggcccctg tgctggtcgtgtatgatgat agcgaccggc cctcagggat ccctgagcga 180 ttttctggct ccaagtctgggaacacggcc accctgatta tcagcagggt cgaagtcggg 240 gatgaggccg actactactgtcaggtgtgg catagtagta gtgatcatta tgtcttcgga 300 actgggacca aggtcaccgtcctaggtgcg gccgcaggcc agcccaaggc cgctcccagc 360 gtgaccctgt tccccccctcctccgaggag ctgcaggcca acaaggccac cctggtgtgc 420 ctcatcagcg acttctaccctggcgccgtg accgtggcct ggaaggccga cagcagcccc 480 gtgaaggccg gcgtggagaccaccaccccc agcaagcaga gcaacaacaa gtacgccgcc 540 agcagctacc tgagcctcacccccgagcag tggaagagcc accggagcta cagctgccag 600 gtgacccacg agggcagcaccgtggagaag accgtggccc ccaccgagtg cagc 654 CR6334 Light Chain amino acidsequence (SEQ ID NO: 536)SYVLTQPPSESVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGRNSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSKSGNTATLIISRVEVGDEADYYCQVWHSSSDHYVFGTGTKVTVLGAAAGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHRSYSCQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS CR6334 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 534) SYVLTQPPSESVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGRNSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSKSGNTATLIISRVEVGDEADYYCQVWHSSSDHYVFGTGTKVTVLG

The CR6336 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 537) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 538 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 539. The CR6336 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 540) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 541 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 542.

CR6336 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 538) cagatgcagctggtacaatc tggagctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaaggcttctggagg caccttcagc agctatgcta tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcttgagtg gatgggaggg atcttcggta tgtttgggac agcaaactac 180 gcgcagaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggacg aattcacgag cgcggcctac 240 atggagctgagcagcctggg atctgaggac acggccatgt attactgtgc gaggtctagt 300 ggttattacccccaatactt ccaggactgg ggccagggca ccctggtcac cgtctcgagt 360 gctagcaccaagggccccag cgtgttcccc ctggccccca gcagcaagag caccagcggc 420 ggcacagccgccctgggctg cctggtgaag gactacttcc ccgagcccgt gaccgtgagc 480 tggaacagcggcgccttgac cagcggcgtg cacaccttcc ccgccgtgct gcagagcagc 540 ggcctgtacagcctgagcag cgtggtgacc gtgcccagca gcagcctggg cacccagacc 600 tacatctgcaacgtgaacca caagcccagc aacaccaagg tggacaaacg cgtggagccc 660 aagagctgcgacaagaccca cacctgcccc ccctgccctg cccccgagct gctgggcgga 720 ccctccgtgttcctgttccc ccccaagccc aaggacaccc tcatgatcag ccggaccccc 780 gaggtgacctgcgtggtggt ggacgtgagc cacgaggacc ccgaggtgaa gttcaactgg 840 tacgtggacggcgtggaggt gcacaacgcc aagaccaagc cccgggagga gcagtacaac 900 agcacctaccgggtggtgag cgtgctcacc gtgctgcacc aggactggct gaacggcaag 960 gagtacaagtgcaaggtgag caacaaggcc ctgcctgccc ccatcgagaa gaccatcagc 1020 aaggccaagggccagccccg ggagccccag gtgtacaccc tgccccccag ccgggaggag 1080 atgaccaagaaccaggtgtc cctcacctgt ctggtgaagg gcttctaccc cagcgacatc 1140 gccgtggagtgggagagcaa cggccagccc gagaacaact acaagaccac cccccctgtg 1200 ctggacagcgacggcagctt cttcctgtac agcaagctca ccgtggacaa gagccggtgg 1260 cagcagggcaacgtgttcag ctgcagcgtg atgcacgagg ccctgcacaa ccactacacc 1320 cagaagagcctgagcctgag ccccggcaag 1350 CR6336 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence (SEQID NO: 539) QMQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIFGMFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADEFTSAAYMELSSLGSEDTAMYYCARSSGYYPQYFQDWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6336 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 537)QMQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIFGMFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADEFTSAAYMELSSLGSEDTAMYYCARSSGYYPQYFQDWGQGTLVTVSS CR6336Light Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 541) gaaattgtga tgacacagtctccaggcacc ctgtctttgt ctccagggca aagagccacc 60 ctctcctgca gggccagtcagagtgttagc agcagctact tagcctggta ccagcagaaa 120 cctggccagg ctcccagactcctcatgtat ggtgcatcca gcagggccac tggcatccca 180 gacaggttca gtggcagtgggtctgggaca gacttcactc tcaccatcag cagactggag 240 cctgaagatt ttgcagtgtattactgtcag cagtatggta gctcatcgct cactttcggc 300 ggagggacca agctggagatcaaacgtgcg gccgcaccca gcgtgttcat cttccccccc 360 tccgacgagc agctgaagagcggcaccgcc agcgtggtgt gcctgctgaa caacttctac 420 ccccgggagg ccaaggtgcagtggaaggtg gacaacgccc tgcagagcgg caacagccag 480 gagagcgtga ccgagcaggacagcaaggac tccacctaca gcctgagcag caccctcacc 540 ctgagcaagg ccgactacgagaagcacaag gtgtacgcct gcgaggtgac ccaccagggc 600 ctgagcagcc ccgtgaccaagagcttcaac cggggcgagt gt 642 CR6336 Light Chain amino acid sequence (SEQID NO: 542)EIVMTQSPGTLSLSPGQRATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLMYGASSRATGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSSLTFGGGTKLEIKRAAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGEC CR6336 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 540)EIVMTQSPGTLSLSPGQRATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLMYGASSRATGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYGSSSLTFGGGTKLEIKR

The CR6339 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 543) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 545 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 546. The CR6339 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 547) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 548 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 549.

CR6339 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 545) gaggtgcagctggtggagtc cggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaaggcttctggagg catcttcaac agttatgcta tcagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcttgagtg gatgggaggc atcatcgcta tctttcatac accaaagtac 180 gcacagaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggacg aatccacgaa cacagcctac 240 atggaactgagaagcctgaa atctgaggac acggccctgt attactgtgc gagagggtcc 300 acttacgatttttcgagtgg ccttgactac tggggccagg gaaccctggt caccgtctcg 360 agtgctagcaccaagggccc cagcgtgttc cccctggccc ccagcagcaa gagcaccagc 420 ggcggcacagccgccctggg ctgcctggtg aaggactact tccccgagcc cgtgaccgtg 480 agctggaacagcggcgcctt gaccagcggc gtgcacacct tccccgccgt gctgcagagc 540 agcggcctgtacagcctgag cagcgtggtg accgtgccca gcagcagcct gggcacccag 600 acctacatctgcaacgtgaa ccacaagccc agcaacacca aggtggacaa acgcgtggag 660 cccaagagctgcgacaagac ccacacctgc cccccctgcc ctgcccccga gctgctgggc 720 ggaccctccgtgttcctgtt cccccccaag cccaaggaca ccctcatgat cagccggacc 780 cccgaggtgacctgcgtggt ggtggacgtg agccacgagg accccgaggt gaagttcaac 840 tggtacgtggacggcgtgga ggtgcacaac gccaagacca agccccggga ggagcagtac 900 aacagcacctaccgggtggt gagcgtgctc accgtgctgc accaggactg gctgaacggc 960 aaggagtacaagtgcaaggt gagcaacaag gccctgcctg cccccatcga gaagaccatc 1020 agcaaggccaagggccagcc ccgggagccc caggtgtaca ccctgccccc cagccgggag 1080 gagatgaccaagaaccaggt gtccctcacc tgtctggtga agggcttcta ccccagcgac 1140 atcgccgtggagtgggagag caacggccag cccgagaaca actacaagac caccccccct 1200 gtgctggacagcgacggcag cttcttcctg tacagcaagc tcaccgtgga caagagccgg 1260 tggcagcagggcaacgtgtt cagctgcagc gtgatgcacg aggccctgca caaccactac 1320 acccagaagagcctgagcct gagccccggc aag 1353 CR6339 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence(SEQ ID NO: 546)EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGIFNSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIAIFHTPKYAQKFQGRVTITADESTNTAYMELRSLKSEDTALYYCARGSTYDFSSGLDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6339 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 543) EVQLVESGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGIFNSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIAIFHTPKYAQKFQGRVTITADESTNTAYMELRSLKSEDTALYYCARGSTYDFSSGLDYWGQGTLVTVSS CR6339 LightChain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 548) caggcagggc tgactcagccaccctcggtg tcagtggccc caggacagac ggccaggatt 60 acctgtgggg gaaacaacattggaagtaaa agtgtgcact ggtaccagca gaagccaggc 120 caggcccctg tcctagtcgtctatgatgat agcgaccggc cctcagggat ccctgagcga 180 ttctctggct ccaactctgggaacacggcc accctgacca tcagcagggt cgaagccggg 240 gatgaggccg actattactgtcaggtgtgg gatagtagta gtgatcatgt ggtattcggc 300 ggagggacca agctgaccgtcctaggtgcg gccgcaggcc agcccaaggc cgctcccagc 360 gtgaccctgt tccccccctcctccgaggag ctgcaggcca acaaggccac cctggtgtgc 420 ctcatcagcg acttctaccctggcgccgtg accgtggcct ggaaggccga cagcagcccc 480 gtgaaggccg gcgtggagaccaccaccccc agcaagcaga gcaacaacaa gtacgccgcc 540 agcagctacc tgagcctcacccccgagcag tggaagagcc accggagcta cagctgccag 600 gtgacccacg agggcagcaccgtggagaag accgtggccc ccaccgagtg cagc 654 CR6339 Light Chain amino acidsequence (SEQ ID NO: 549)QAGLTQPPSVSVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGSKSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWDSSSDHVVFGGGTKLTVLGAAAGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHRSYSCQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS CR6339 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 547) QAGLTQPPSVSVAPGQTARITCGGNNIGSKSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDDSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWDSSSDHVVFGGGTKLTVLG

The CR6342 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 550) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 551 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 552. The CR6342 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 553) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 554 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 555.

CR6342 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 551) caggtccagctggtgcagtc tggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaaggcttctggagg cttcttcagc agctatgcta tcagctgggt gcgccaggcc 120 cctggacaaggacttgagtg gatggggggg gtcatcccta tctttcgtac agcaaactac 180 gcacagaacttccagggcag agtcaccatt accgcggacg aattcacatc gtatatggag 240 ctgagcagcctgagatctga cgacacggcc gtgtattact gtgcgaggtt gaattaccat 300 gattcggggacttattataa cgccccccgg ggctggttcg acccctgggg ccagggaacc 360 ctggtcaccgtctcgagtgc tagcaccaag ggccccagcg tgttccccct ggcccccagc 420 agcaagagcaccagcggcgg cacagccgcc ctgggctgcc tggtgaagga ctacttcccc 480 gagcccgtgaccgtgagctg gaacagcggc gccttgacca gcggcgtgca caccttcccc 540 gccgtgctgcagagcagcgg cctgtacagc ctgagcagcg tggtgaccgt gcccagcagc 600 agcctgggcacccagaccta catctgcaac gtgaaccaca agcccagcaa caccaaggtg 660 gacaaacgcgtggagcccaa gagctgcgac aagacccaca cctgcccccc ctgccctgcc 720 cccgagctgctgggcggacc ctccgtgttc ctgttccccc ccaagcccaa ggacaccctc 780 atgatcagccggacccccga ggtgacctgc gtggtggtgg acgtgagcca cgaggacccc 840 gaggtgaagttcaactggta cgtggacggc gtggaggtgc acaacgccaa gaccaagccc 900 cgggaggagcagtacaacag cacctaccgg gtggtgagcg tgctcaccgt gctgcaccag 960 gactggctgaacggcaagga gtacaagtgc aaggtgagca acaaggccct gcctgccccc 1020 atcgagaagaccatcagcaa ggccaagggc cagccccggg agccccaggt gtacaccctg 1080 ccccccagccgggaggagat gaccaagaac caggtgtccc tcacctgtct ggtgaagggc 1140 ttctaccccagcgacatcgc cgtggagtgg gagagcaacg gccagcccga gaacaactac 1200 aagaccaccccccctgtgct ggacagcgac ggcagcttct tcctgtacag caagctcacc 1260 gtggacaagagccggtggca gcagggcaac gtgttcagct gcagcgtgat gcacgaggcc 1320 ctgcacaaccactacaccca gaagagcctg agcctgagcc ccggcaag 1368 CR6342 Heavy Chain aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 552)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGFFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGVIPIFRTANYAQNFQGRVTITADEFTSYMELSSLRSDDTAVYYCARLNYHDSGTYYNAPRGWFDPWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6342 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 550)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGFFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGVIPIFRTANYAQNFQGRVTITADEFTSYMELSSLRSDDTAVYYCARLNYHDSGTYYNAPRGWFDPWGQGTLV TVSSCR6342 Light Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 554) gacatccagatgacccagtc tccagactcc ctggctgtgt ctctgggcga gaaggccacc 60 atcaactgcaagtccagcca gagtatttta aacagctcca acaataagaa ctacttagct 120 tggtaccagcagaaaccagg acagcctcct aagctgctca tttactgggc atctacccgg 180 gaatccggggtccctgaccg attcagtggc agcgggtctg ggacagattt cactctcacc 240 atcagcagcctgcaggctga agatgtggca gtttattact gtcagcaata ttatagtagt 300 ccgccgacgttcggccaagg gaccaaggtg gaaatcaaac gtgcggccgc acccagcgtg 360 ttcatcttccccccctccga cgagcagctg aagagcggca ccgccagcgt ggtgtgcctg 420 ctgaacaacttctacccccg ggaggccaag gtgcagtgga aggtggacaa cgccctgcag 480 agcggcaacagccaggagag cgtgaccgag caggacagca aggactccac ctacagcctg 540 agcagcaccctcaccctgag caaggccgac tacgagaagc acaaggtgta cgcctgcgag 600 gtgacccaccagggcctgag cagccccgtg accaagagct tcaaccgggg cgagtgt 657 CR6342 LightChain amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 555)DIQMTQSPDSLAVSLGEKATINCKSSQSILNSSNNKNYLAWYQQKPGQPPKLLIYWASTRESGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYYCQQYYSSPPTFGQGTKVEIKRAAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGEC CR6342 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:553) DIQMTQSPDSLAVSLGEKATINCKSSQSILNSSNNKNYLAWYQQKPGQPPKLLIYWASTRESGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYYCQQYYSSPPTFGQGTKVEIKR

The CR6343 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 556) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 557 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 558. The CR6343 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 559) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 560 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 561.

CR6343 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 557) caggtccagctggtgcagtc tggagctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgaaggtc 60 tcctgcaaggcttctggagt caccttcagt tactatgcta tgagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcttgagtg gatgggagga atcagcccta tgtttgggac aacaacctac 180 gcacagaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt actgcggacg actccacgag tacagcctac 240 atggaggtgaggagcctgag atctgaggac acggccgtgt attactgtgc gagatcttcg 300 aattactatgatagtgtata tgactactgg ggccagggaa ccctggtcac cgtctcgagt 360 gctagcaccaagggccccag cgtgttcccc ctggccccca gcagcaagag caccagcggc 420 ggcacagccgccctgggctg cctggtgaag gactacttcc ccgagcccgt gaccgtgagc 480 tggaacagcggcgccttgac cagcggcgtg cacaccttcc ccgccgtgct gcagagcagc 540 ggcctgtacagcctgagcag cgtggtgacc gtgcccagca gcagcctggg cacccagacc 600 tacatctgcaacgtgaacca caagcccagc aacaccaagg tggacaaacg cgtggagccc 660 aagagctgcgacaagaccca cacctgcccc ccctgccctg cccccgagct gctgggcgga 720 ccctccgtgttcctgttccc ccccaagccc aaggacaccc tcatgatcag ccggaccccc 780 gaggtgacctgcgtggtggt ggacgtgagc cacgaggacc ccgaggtgaa gttcaactgg 840 tacgtggacggcgtggaggt gcacaacgcc aagaccaagc cccgggagga gcagtacaac 900 agcacctaccgggtggtgag cgtgctcacc gtgctgcacc aggactggct gaacggcaag 960 gagtacaagtgcaaggtgag caacaaggcc ctgcctgccc ccatcgagaa gaccatcagc 1020 aaggccaagggccagccccg ggagccccag gtgtacaccc tgccccccag ccgggaggag 1080 atgaccaagaaccaggtgtc cctcacctgt ctggtgaagg gcttctaccc cagcgacatc 1140 gccgtggagtgggagagcaa cggccagccc gagaacaact acaagaccac cccccctgtg 1200 ctggacagcgacggcagctt cttcctgtac agcaagctca ccgtggacaa gagccggtgg 1260 cagcagggcaacgtgttcag ctgcagcgtg atgcacgagg ccctgcacaa ccactacacc 1320 cagaagagcctgagcctgag ccccggcaag 1350 CR6343 Heavy Chain amino acid sequence (SEQID NO: 558) QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGVTFSYYAMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGISPMFGTTTYAQKFQGRVTITADDSTSTAYMEVRSLRSEDTAVYYCARSSNYYDSVYDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6343 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 556)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGVTFSYYAMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGISPMFGTTTYAQKFQGRVTITADDSTSTAYMEVRSLRSEDTAVYYCARSSNYYDSVYDYWGQGTLVTVSS CR6343Light Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 560) cagtctgtcg tgacgcagccgccctcggag tcagtggccc caggacagac ggccaggatt 60 acctgtgggg gacataacattggaagtaat agtgtgcact ggtaccagca gaagccaggc 120 caggcccctg tgctggtcgtgtatgataat agcgaccggc cctcagggat ccctgagcga 180 ttctctggct ccaactctgggaacacggcc accctgacca tcagcagggt cgaagccggg 240 gatgaggccg actattactgtcaggtgtgg ggtagtagta gtgaccatta tgtcttcgga 300 actgggacca aggtcaccgtcctaggtgcg gccgcaggcc agcccaaggc cgctcccagc 360 gtgaccctgt tccccccctcctccgaggag ctgcaggcca acaaggccac cctggtgtgc 420 ctcatcagcg acttctaccctggcgccgtg accgtggcct ggaaggccga cagcagcccc 480 gtgaaggccg gcgtggagaccaccaccccc agcaagcaga gcaacaacaa gtacgccgcc 540 agcagctacc tgagcctcacccccgagcag tggaagagcc accggagcta cagctgccag 600 gtgacccacg agggcagcaccgtggagaag accgtggccc ccaccgagtg cagc 654 CR6343 Light Chain amino acidsequence (SEQ ID NO: 561)QSVVTQPPSESVAPGQTARITCGGHNIGSNSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDNSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWGSSSDHYVFGTGTKVTVLGAAAGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHRSYSCQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS CR6343 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 559) QSVVTQPPSESVAPGQTARITCGGHNIGSNSVHWYQQKPGQAPVLVVYDNSDRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTISRVEAGDEADYYCQVWGSSSDHYVFGTGTKVTVLG

The CR6344 HA-specific IgG antibody includes a heavy chain variableregion (SEQ ID NO: 562) encoded by the heavy chain nucleotide sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 563 and the heavy chain amino acid sequence shown inSEQ ID NO: 564. The CR6344 HA-specific IgG antibody also includes alight chain variable region (SEQ ID NO: 565) encoded by the light chainnucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 566 and the light chain aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 567.

CR6344 Heavy Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 563) caggtgcagctggtgcagtc tggggctgag gtgaagaagc ctgggtcctc ggtgagagtc 60 tcctgcaaggcttctggaag catcttcaga aactatgcta tgagctgggt gcgacaggcc 120 cctggacaagggcttgagtg gatgggaggg atcatcgcta tttttgggac accaaagtac 180 gcacagaagttccagggcag agtcacgatt accgcggacg aatcgacgag cactgtctac 240 atggaactgagcggactgag atctgaggac acggccatgt attactgtgc gaggattccc 300 cactataattttggttcggg gagttatttc gactactggg gccagggaac cctggtcacc 360 gtctcgagtgctagcaccaa gggccccagc gtgttccccc tggcccccag cagcaagagc 420 accagcggcggcacagccgc cctgggctgc ctggtgaagg actacttccc cgagcccgtg 480 accgtgagctggaacagcgg cgccttgacc agcggcgtgc acaccttccc cgccgtgctg 540 cagagcagcggcctgtacag cctgagcagc gtggtgaccg tgcccagcag cagcctgggc 600 acccagacctacatctgcaa cgtgaaccac aagcccagca acaccaaggt ggacaaacgc 660 gtggagcccaagagctgcga caagacccac acctgccccc cctgccctgc ccccgagctg 720 ctgggcggaccctccgtgtt cctgttcccc cccaagccca aggacaccct catgatcagc 780 cggacccccgaggtgacctg cgtggtggtg gacgtgagcc acgaggaccc cgaggtgaag 840 ttcaactggtacgtggacgg cgtggaggtg cacaacgcca agaccaagcc ccgggaggag 900 cagtacaacagcacctaccg ggtggtgagc gtgctcaccg tgctgcacca ggactggctg 960 aacggcaaggagtacaagtg caaggtgagc aacaaggccc tgcctgcccc catcgagaag 1020 accatcagcaaggccaaggg ccagccccgg gagccccagg tgtacaccct gccccccagc 1080 cgggaggagatgaccaagaa ccaggtgtcc ctcacctgtc tggtgaaggg cttctacccc 1140 agcgacatcgccgtggagtg ggagagcaac ggccagcccg agaacaacta caagaccacc 1200 ccccctgtgctggacagcga cggcagcttc ttcctgtaca gcaagctcac cgtggacaag 1260 agccggtggcagcagggcaa cgtgttcagc tgcagcgtga tgcacgaggc cctgcacaac 1320 cactacacccagaagagcct gagcctgagc cccggcaag 1359 CR6344 Heavy Chain amino acidsequence (SEQ ID NO: 564)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVRVSCKASGSIFRNYAMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIAIFGTPKYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTVYMELSGLRSEDTAMYYCARIPHYNFGSGSYFDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CR6344 VH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 562)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVRVSCKASGSIFRNYAMSWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIAIFGTPKYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTVYMELSGLRSEDTAMYYCARIPHYNFGSGSYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS CR6344Light Chain nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 566) actgtgttga cacagccgccctcagtgtct ggggccccag ggcagagggt caccatctcc 60 tgcactggga gcagctccaacatcggggca ggttatgatg tacactggta ccagcagctt 120 ccaggaacag cccccaaactcctcatctat ggtaacagca atcggccctc aggggtccct 180 gaccgattct ctggctccaagtctggcacg tcagccaccc tgggcatcac cggactccag 240 actggggacg aggccgattattactgcgga acatgggata gcagcctgag tgcttatgtc 300 ttcggaactg ggaccaaggtcaccgtccta ggtgcggccg caggccagcc caaggccgct 360 cccagcgtga ccctgttccccccctcctcc gaggagctgc aggccaacaa ggccaccctg 420 gtgtgcctca tcagcgacttctaccctggc gccgtgaccg tggcctggaa ggccgacagc 480 agccccgtga aggccggcgtggagaccacc acccccagca agcagagcaa caacaagtac 540 gccgccagca gctacctgagcctcaccccc gagcagtgga agagccaccg gagctacagc 600 tgccaggtga cccacgagggcagcaccgtg gagaagaccg tggcccccac cgagtgcagc 660 CR6344 Light Chain aminoacid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 567)TVLTQPPSVSGAPGQRVTISCTGSSSNIGAGYDVHWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYGNSNRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGTSATLGITGLQTGDEADYYCGTWDSSLSAYVFGTGTKVTVLGAAAGQPKAAPSVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADSSPVKAGVETTTPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLTPEQWKSHRSYSCQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS CR6344 VL amino acid sequence (SEQ IDNO: 565) TVLTQPPSVSGAPGQRVTISCTGSSSNIGAGYDVHWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYGNSNRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGTSATLGITGLQTGDEADYYCGTWDSSLSAYVFGTGTKVTVLG

HA Antibody Epitopes

The invention relates to an isolated human HA antibody that is able torecognize and bind to an epitope in the HA2 subunit of the influenzahaemagglutinin protein (HA) (also known as hemagglutinin(HA)),characterized in that the HA antibody has neutralizing activity againstan influenza virus 5 including HA of the H5 subtype. Examples ofinfluenza strains that contain such a HA of the H5 subtype and that areimportant strains in view of pandemic threats are H5N1, H5N2, H5N8, andH5N9. Particularly preferred are HA antibodies that at least neutralizethe H5N1 influenza strain. Preferably, an HA antibody of the inventiondoes not depend on an epitope in the HA1 subunit of the HA protein forbinding to said HA protein.

A number of the antibodies of the invention (such as CR6307 and CR6323)do not depend on conformational epitopes and recognize the HA2 epitopeeven in a reduced form (when used in western-blotting). This is anadvantage over the antibodies from the art because when a conformationalchange is induced in the HA protein due to whatever mutation in anotherpart of the protein, such conformational change will not most likelyhamper the binding of the antibodies of the present invention to the HA2epitope, whereas antibodies that do depend on conformation might verywell be unable to bind when such mutations occur.

In another preferred embodiment, an HA antibody of the invention alsohas neutralizing activity against an influenza virus comprising HA ofthe H1 subtype, and preferably wherein the HA antibody also hasneutralizing activity against influenza virus comprising HA of the H2,H6 and/or H9 subtype. The HA antibodies of the invention interact withan epitope present in the HA2 epitopes present in the H5, HI, H2, H6,and H9 subtypes (see, International Patent ApplicationPCT/EP2007/059356, published as WO 2008/028946, the contents of whichare incorporated by reference in their entirety), and it has been shownthat the HA antibodies of the invention cross-neutralize betweeninfluenza subtypes because of this epitope-sharing.

In another preferred aspect of the invention an HA antibody of theinvention binds to an epitope that is selected from the group consistingof the amino acid sequence: GVTNKVNSIIDK (SEQ ID NO: 198), GVTNKVNSIINK(SEQ ID NO: 283), GVTNKENSIIDK (SEQ ID NO: 202), GVTNKVNRIIDK (SEQ IDNO: 201), GITNKVNSVIEK (SEQ ID NO: 281), GITNKENSVIEK (SEQ ID NO: 257),GITNKVNSIIDK (SEQ ID NO: 225), and KITSKVNNIVDK (SEQ ID NO: 216).Certain HA antibodies of the invention, CR6261, CR6325, and CR6329interact with the GVTNKVNSIIDK (SEQ ID NO: 198) epitope present in H5N1,and are not hampered by a mutation in the TGLRN (SEQ ID NO: 200) epitopein HA! that do influence the binding of C 179. Moreover, some HAantibodies, such as CR6307 and CR6323 are not even hampered by a escapemutant, as disclosed in Okuno et al. (1993) with a valine→glutamic acidmutation at position 6 (exemplified by GVTNKENSIIDK (SEQ ID NO: 202)).This epitope is part of an extended alpha helix in the HA2 region. Theresidues in this putative epitope that are predicted to be most solventexposed are underlined in bold: GV-TNKENSIIDK (SEQ ID NO: 202). Theseamino acids would be most accessible to an HA antibody and thus may formthe most important region of the epitope. Consistent with this notionthe highlighted (bolded) amino acids are absolutely conserved inidentity and position in all the sequences presented. This knowledgecould be used to predict binding epitopes in influenza subtypes that donot carry the same sequence as above (i.e. H3, H7 and B strains).

HA Antibodies II

The invention provides neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies thatbind influenza A virus and inhibit the influenza A virus from infectinga cell. Although neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies of theinvention bind epitopes within proteins that are exposed on the surfaceof an influenza virus, the invention focuses on the relatively invariantInfluenza hemagglutinin (HA) protein. A neutralizing MAb raised againstan Influenza HA protein, which is maintained in its native conformation,provides a superior therapy for all Influenza A strains because it isnot dependent upon small changes to the amino acid sequence.

The Influenza hemagglutinin (HA) protein is responsible for allowing thevirus to recognize target cells through binding the monosaccharidesialic acid-containing receptors on the surface of the target cell priorto infection. Moreover, the Influenza HA protein is responsible forallowing entry of the viral genome into the target cell by fusing thehost endosomal membrane with the viral membrane.

The Influenza hemagglutinin (HA) protein is a homotrimeric integralmembrane glycoprotein found on the surface of the Influenza virus. Usingthe host cell's protein synthesis machinery, the Influenza HA protein isfirst synthesized as a single-chain precursor polypeptide (HA0) in theendoplasmic reticulum, where it is also assembled as a homotrimer. Theresulting HA homotrimer is subsequently exported to the cell surface viathe Golgi network. HA homotrimers located on a cell surface are cleavedby a host-produced protease into two smaller peptide subunits: HA1 andHA2. The HA2 subunit forms a long helical chain anchored to the viralmembrane whereas the HA1 subunit tops the HA2 subunit to form a largeglobule. The cleavage step, which converts the HA0 precursor into themature HA protein containing HA1 and HA2 subunits, is essential for theviral pathogenicity of Influenza. Structurally, the mature HA proteincontains a central α-helix coil resulting in an overall cylindricalshape with three spherical heads. The HA protein, and specifically, theHA1 subunit of the mature HA protein, binds receptors containing glycanswith terminal sialic acids on host cells. The way in which sialic acidis connected to galactose, for example, α2-3 linkages as in avianserotypes versus α2-6 linkages as in human serotypes, not only determinespecies specificity of an Influenza virus, but also preventscross-species infection. However, within certain serotypes of HA, suchas H1 and H3, only two amino acid mutations in the framework sequenceare required to convert species specificity from avian to human.

To mediate infection, the Influenza HA protein first binds sialicacid-containing receptors present on the surface of the target cell.Consequently, the target cell membrane endocytoses or engulfs theInfluenza virus. Once inside the endosome, and upon the host cell'sacidification of that compartment, the Influenza HA protein partiallyunfolds revealing a very hydrophobic fusion peptide that inserts itselfinto the endosomal membrane. As the rest of the Influenza HA proteinrefolds, the fusion protein retracts and fuses the endosomal membranewith the viral membrane. Upon fusion of the cellular and viralmembranes, the contents of the virus, including the viral genome, arereleased in the cytoplasm of the target cell.

At least 16 different Influenza A hemagglutinin serotypes or antigenshave been identified: H1-H16. Only HA serotypes H1-H3 normally mediatehuman Influenza infection. However, Influenza strains thought to infectonly certain avian or mammalian species can mutate to infect humans. Asdescribed above, only a few amino acids need to change along the lengthof the entire protein to enable Influenza to cross a species barrier.For instance, a single amino acid change in the sequence of the H5subtype allowed an avian-specific Influenza strain to become infectiousin humans (H5N1). A pandemic arose when an Influenza strain common toswine species, became lethal to humans (H1N1). In contrast to InfluenzaA, Influenza B and C viruses each contain only one form of HA protein.

Specifically, the invention provides an isolated fully human monoclonalantibody, wherein said monoclonal antibody has the followingcharacteristics: a) binds to an influenza A virus; b) binds to a cellcontacted with influenza A; c) binds to an epitope of an influenza Aviral protein; and, optionally, d) neutralizes influenza A virusinfection. An antibody that does not neutralize influenza A virusinfection may be used, for instance, for a conjugate therapy. In certainaspects, this antibody binds to a eukaryotic cell. Moreover, the cell isoptionally a human cell.

In another aspect, this antibody is isolated from a B-cell from a humandonor. Isolation of a fully human monoclonal antibody of the inventionfrom a B-cell is performed using recombinant methods. Alternatively, orin addition, the isolated fully human monoclonal antibody of theinvention is isolated from the supernatant of a plasma cell culturedeither in vitro or ex vivo. Plasma cells also known as a differentiatedB-cells, plasma B-cells, plasmacytes, or effector B-cells. The fullyhuman monoclonal antibody isolated from either a B-cell or a plasma celldemonstrates neutralizing activity.

Antibodies of the invention bind to an epitope of influenza A viralhemagglutinin (HA) protein. Exemplary HA epitopes to which theantibodies of the invention bind include a hemagglutinin precursorpeptide (HA0), a HA1 subunit, a HA2 subunit, a mature protein containingHA1 and HA2, and a recombinant HA polypeptide. Alternatively, antibodiesof the invention bind to an epitope within a hemagglutinin precursorpeptide (HA0), a HA1 subunit, a HA2 subunit, a mature protein containingHA1 and HA2, or a recombinant HA polypeptide. Recombinant HApolypeptides are encoded, for example, by the sequence of SEQ ID NO:727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740,741, 742, 743, or 744.

Antibodies of the invention bind to an epitope that is linear ornon-linear. In certain aspects of the invention, a non-linear epitope isa discontinuous epitope.

An antibody of the invention is TCN-522 (3212_I12), TCN-521 (3280_D18),TCN-523 (5248_A17), TCN-563 (5237_B21), TCN-526 (5084_C17), TCN-527(5086_C06), TCN-528 (5087_P17), TCN-529 (5297_H01), TCN-530 (5248_H10a),TCN-531 (5091_H13), TCN-532 (5262_H18), TCN-533 (5256_A17), TCN-534(5249_B02), TCN-535 (5246_P19), TCN-536 (5095_N01), TCN-537 (3194_D21),TCN-538 (306_O17), TCN-539 (5056_A08), TCN-540 (5060_F05), TCN-541(5062_M11), TCN-542 (5079_A16), TCN-543 (5081_G23), TCN-544 (5082_A19),TCN-545 (5082_I15), TCN-546 (5089_L08), TCN-547 (5092_F11), TCN-548(5092_P01), TCN-549 (5092_PO4), TCN-550 (5096_F06), TCN-551 (5243_D01),TCN-552 (5249_I23), TCN-553 (5261_C18), TCN-554 (5277_M05), TCN-555(5246_L16), TCN-556 (5089_K12), TCN-557 (5081_A04), TCN-558 (5248_H10b),TCN-559 (5097_G08), TCN-560 (5084_P10), or TCN-504 (3251_K17).

The invention further encompasses an antibody that binds the sameepitope as TCN-522 (3212_I12), TCN-521 (3280_D18), TCN-523 (5248_A17),TCN-563 (5237_B21), TCN-526 (5084_C17), TCN-527 (5086_C06), TCN-528(5087_P17), TCN-529 (5297_H01), TCN-530 (5248_H10a), TCN-531 (5091_H13),TCN-532 (5262_H18), TCN-533 (5256_A17), TCN-534 (5249_B02), TCN-535(5246_P19), TCN-536 (5095_N01), TCN-537 (3194_D21), TCN-538 (3206_O17),TCN-539 (5056_A08), TCN-540 (5060_F05), TCN-541 (5062_M11), TCN-542(5079_A16), TCN-543 (5081_G23), TCN-544 (5082_A19), TCN-545 (5082_I15),TCN-546 (5089_L08), TCN-547 (5092_F11), TCN-548 (5092_P01), TCN-549(5092_P04), TCN-550 (5096_F06), TCN-551 (5243_D01), TCN-552 (5249_I23),TCN-553 (5261_C18), TCN-554 (5277_M05), TCN-555 (5246_L16), TCN-556(5089_K12), TCN-557 (5081_A04), TCN-558 (5248_H10b), TCN-559 (5097_G08),TCN-560 (5084_P10), or TCN-504 (3251_K17).

The invention provides an isolated fully human monoclonal anti-HAantibody or fragment thereof, wherein said antibody includes a variableheavy chain (V_(H)) region comprising CDR1 and CDR2, wherein the V_(H)region is encoded by a human IGHV1 (or specifically, IGHV1-18, IGHV1-2,IGHV1-69, IGHV1-8), IGHV2 (or specifically, IGHV2-5) , IGHV3 (orspecifically, IGHV3-30, IGHV3-33, IGHV3-49, IGHV3-53, 66, IGHV3-7),IGHV4 (or specifically, IGHV4-31, IGHV4-34, IGHV4-39, IGHV4-59,IGHV4-61), or IGHV5 (or specifically, IGHV5-51) V_(H) germline sequenceor an allele thereof, or a nucleic acid sequence that is homologous tothe IGHV1, IGHV2, IGHV3, IGHV4, or IGHV5 V_(H) germline gene sequence oran allele thereof. In one aspect, the nucleic acid sequence that ishomologous to the IGHV1, IGHV2, IGHV3, IGHV4, or IGHV5 V_(H) germlinesequence is at least 75% homologous to the IGHV1, IGHV2, IGHV3, IGHV4,or IGHV5 V_(H) germline sequence or an allele thereof. Exemplary allelesinclude, but are not limited to, IGHV1-18*01, IGHV1-2*02, IGHV1-2*04,IGHV1-69*01, IGHV1-69*05, IGHV1-69*06, IGHV1-69*12, IGHV1-8*01,IGHV2-5*10, IGHV3-30-3*01, IGHV3-30*03, IGHV3-30*18, IGHV3-33*05,IGHV3-49*04, IGHV3-53*01, IGHV3-66*03, IGHV3-7*01, IGHV4-31*03,IGHV4-31*06, IGHV4-34*01, IGHV4-34*02, IGHV4-34*03, IGHV4-34*12,IGHV4-39*01, IGHV4-59*01, IGHV4-59*03, IGHV4-61*01, IGHV4-61*08, andIGHV5-51*01.

An antibody of the invention, or specifically, any antibody describedherein, may be operably-linked to a therapeutic agent or a detectablelabel.

The invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition including anantibody described herein and a pharmaceutical carrier. This compositionoptionally includes an anti-viral drug, a viral entry inhibitor or aviral attachment inhibitor. Exemplary anti-viral drugs include, but arenot limited to, a neuraminidase inhibitor, a HA inhibitor, a sialic acidinhibitor and an M2 ion channel inhibitor. In one embodiment of thecomposition, the M2 ion channel inhibitor is amantadine or rimantadine.Alternatively, or in addition, the neuraminidase inhibitor zanamivir oroseltamivir phosphate. The composition may also include a secondanti-Influenza A antibody. The second anti-Influenza A antibody isoptionally an antibody described herein.

The invention provides a method for stimulating an immune response in asubject, including administering to the subject the pharmaceuticalcomposition described herein.

Moreover, the invention provides a method for the treatment of anInfluenza virus infection in a subject, including administering to thesubject the pharmaceutical composition described herein. This methodfurther includes administering an anti-viral drug, a viral entryinhibitor or a viral attachment inhibitor.

The invention also provides a method for the prevention of an Influenzavirus infection in a subject, including administering to the subject thepharmaceutical composition described herein prior to exposure of thesubject to Influenza virus or infection. This method further includesadministering an anti-viral drug, a viral entry inhibitor or a viralattachment inhibitor. This method may be a method of vaccination.

The subject of these methods may have an Influenza infection or ispredisposed to developing an Influenza virus infection. Subjectspredisposed to developing an Influenza infection, or who may be atelevated risk for contracting an infection, are those subjects withcompromised immune systems because of autoimmune disease, those personsreceiving immunosuppressive therapy (for example, following organtransplant), those persons afflicted with human immunodeficiencysyndrome (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), certainforms of anemia that deplete or destroy white blood cells, those personsreceiving radiation or chemotherapy, or those persons afflicted with aninflammatory disorder. Additionally, subject of extreme young or old ageare at increased risk. Any person who comes into physical contact orclose physical proximity with an infected individual has an increasedrisk of developing an Influenza virus infection. Moreover, a subject isat risk of contracting an influenza infection due to proximity to anoutbreak of the disease, e.g. subject resides in a densely-populatedcity or in close proximity to subjects having confirmed or suspectedinfections of Influenza virus, or choice of employment, e.g. hospitalworker, pharmaceutical researcher, traveler to infected area, orfrequent flier.

According to the methods described herein, exemplary anti-viral drugsinclude, but are not limited to, a neuraminidase inhibitor, a HAinhibitor, a sialic acid inhibitor and an M2 ion channel. In one aspectof these methods, the M2 ion channel inhibitor is amantadine orrimantadine. Alternatively, or in addition, the neuraminidase inhibitoris zanamivir or oseltamivir phosphate.

These methods optionally include administering a second anti-Influenza Aantibody. For example, the antibody is administered prior to or afterexposure to Influenza virus. In certain aspects of these methods, theantibody is administered at a dose sufficient to promote viral clearanceor to eliminate Influenza A infected cells. The second antibody isoptionally an antibody described herein

The invention further provides a method for determining the presence ofa Influenza virus infection in a subject, including the steps of: (a)contacting a biological sample obtained from the subject with anantibody described herein or the pharmaceutical composition describedherein; (b) detecting an amount of the antibody that binds to thebiological sample; and (c) comparing the amount of antibody that bindsto the biological sample to a control value, and therefrom determiningthe presence of the Influenza virus in the subject.

The invention provides a vaccine composition including an antibodydescribed herein. This composition optionally contains a pharmaceuticalcarrier.

Alternatively, the invention provides a vaccine composition including anepitope of an antibody described herein. This composition optionallycontains a pharmaceutical carrier.

Vaccines of the invention are multivalent vaccines. The term“multivalent vaccine” is meant to describe a single vaccine that elicitsan immune response either to more than one infectious agent, e.g.recombinant homotrimeric HA0 proteins or fragments thereof derived frommultiple strains of Influenza A (see, Table 9), or to several differentepitopes of a molecule, e.g. a linear and a discontinuous epitope of thesame recombinant homotrimeric HA0 protein or fragment thereof derivedfrom a single strain of Influenza A. Alternatively, or in addition, theterm multivalent vaccine is meant to describe the administration of acombination of human antibodies raised against more than one infectiousagent, e.g. a combination of HuMHA antibodies raised against recombinanthomotrimeric HA0 proteins or fragments thereof derived from multiplestrains of Influenza A (see, Table 9).

The invention provides a diagnostic kit including an antibody describedherein.

The invention provides a prophylactic kit including an antibodydescribed herein or an epitope of an antibody described herein.Alternatively, or in addition, the invention provides a prophylactic kitincluding a vaccine composition described herein.

In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides fully humanmonoclonal antibodies specifically directed against the Influenzahemagglutinin glycoprotein, which neutralize influenza infection.Optionally, the antibody is isolated from a B-cell from a mammaliandonor, and preferably, a human donor. In certain embodiments of theinvention, the antibody is identified for its ability to bind an intactor whole Influenza virus. Alternatively, or in addition, the antibody isidentified isolated for its ability to bind to an epitope of arecombinant homotrimeric Influenza HA0 protein or HA protein(s) isolatedfrom multiple Influenza strains, or made as recombinant proteins such asthose influenza A virus strains provided in Table 9. Alternatively, orin addition, the antibody is identified for its ability to inhibit orneutralize virus infection of susceptible eukaryotic cells. Exemplaryneutralizing antibodies of this profile include, but are not limited to,those antibodies listed in Table 10. Alternatively, the monoclonalantibody is an antibody that binds to the same epitope as the antibodiesprovided in Table 10. In certain embodiments, neutralizing humanmonoclonal antibodies of the invention are anti-HA antibodies. Amonoclonal anti-HA antibody of the invention has one or more of thefollowing characteristics: a) binds to an epitope in an HA1 subunit ofan Influenza hemagglutinin (HA) protein; b) binds to an epitope in theHA2 subunit of Influenza hemagglutinin (HA) protein; c) binds to anepitope in the extracellular domain of an Influenza hemagglutinin (HA)protein, consisting of an HA1 subunit and an HA2 subunit; d) binds to anepitope of a recombinant homotrimeric Influenza HA0 protein; e) binds toan epitope of an Influenza HA protein expressed on an infected cell; f)binds to an epitope of an Influenza HA protein expressed on a modifiedcell; g) binds to an Influenza virus; or h) inhibits virus infection ofsusceptible eukaryotic cells.

Modified cells of the invention are transfected or transformed with apolynucleotide that encodes an Influenza HA protein, or any fragmentthereof. The term “Influenza HA protein fragment” is meant to describeany portion of the protein that is smaller or less than the entireprotein. Polynucleotides and polypeptides of the invention do not alwaysencode a functional Influenza HA protein.

Infected cells of the invention are mammalian, and preferably human inorigin. Specifically, mammalian cells are infected with Influenza Avirus in vivo, in vitro, in situ, ex vivo, in culture, and anycombination thereof. Cells are infected with active or inactive virions.Exemplary inactive virions display the HA protein on their surfaces,however, they are replication-defective, and therefore, unable topropagate within the cell or subject.

Epitopes of the human monoclonal antibodies of the invention include atransmembrane or integral membrane Influenza A protein. Specifically,epitopes of the human monoclonal antibodies of the invention compriseInfluenza hemagglutinin (HA) protein.

Epitopes of the human monoclonal antibodies of the invention include oneor more subunits of an influenza hemagglutinin (HA) protein. HA proteinsof the invention include hemagglutinin precursor proteins (HA0), the HA1subunit, the HA2 subunit, the mature protein containing the HA1 and HA2subunits, and a recombinant HA protein. Recombinant HA proteins containSEQ ID NO: 726. Exemplary recombinant proteins include but, are notlimited to, those proteins described by SEQ ID NO: 727-744.

Epitopes of the human monoclonal antibodies of the invention are linearor non-linear. For instance, a non-linear epitope is discontinuous.Discontinuous epitopes are available for antibody binding only when theInfluenza HA protein is maintained in its native homotrimericconformation. When an antibody binds to a discontinuous epitope, theantibody binds to a three-dimensional surface of the target protein,i.e. the Influenza HA protein, upon which juxtaposed amino acids arealternatively exposed or masked.

Recombinant homotrimeric HA0 proteins of the invention are encoded by,for instance, sequences described by any one of SEQ ID NO: 727-744. Incertain embodiments of the invention, the human monoclonal antibodies,or monoclonal anti-HA antibodies, described herein bind membrane-boundor soluble recombinant homotrimeric Influenza HA proteins.Alternatively, the monoclonal anti-HA antibodies described herein bindmembrane-bound and soluble recombinant homotrimeric Influenza HAproteins. In certain embodiments of the invention, the monoclonalanti-HA antibodies described herein bind and neutralize Influenza virussubtypes H1, H2, and H3. In other embodiments of the invention, themonoclonal anti-HA antibodies bind Influenza virus subtypes H1, H2, andH3, and neutralize one of these subtypes, such as H1, H2, or H3. In aspecific embodiment, the monoclonal anti-HA antibodies bind Influenzasubtypes H1N1, H2N2, and H3N2, and neutralize H1N1.

In one aspect, the HA precursor polypeptide (HA0) of the soluble andrecombinant homotrimeric Influenza HA protein contains a trimerizationdomain (foldon) encoded in the phage T4 fibritin. An exemplarytrimerization domain isolated from the phage T4 fibritin has thefollowing sequence wherein a thrombin cleavage site is italicized andbolded, a T4 trimerization domain or sequence is underlined, a V5 tag isboxed, and a hexa-histidine (His) tag is bolded:

As used herein, the term “neutralizing antibody” is meant to describe anantibody that inhibits or prevents influenza A infection, inhibits orprevents Influenza A viral entry into a cell, inhibits or preventsinfluenza replication, inhibits or prevents influenza egress from a hostcell, or reduces the Influenza A titer in a cell, biological sample, orsubject. In a preferred embodiment, neutralizing antibodies of theinvention prevent viral entry into the cytoplasmic compartment of hostcells.

The present invention provides fully human monoclonal antibodies thatbind influenza virus and neutralize infection. In certain embodiments,the present invention provides fully human monoclonal neutralizingantibodies specific against the Influenza hemagglutinin protein. Theantibodies are respectively referred to herein is human monoclonalanti-HA (huMHA) antibodies.

The Influenza hemagglutinin (HA) protein is a homotrimeric integralmembrane glycoprotein found on the surface of the Influenza virus. Tomimic the native conformation of this homotrimeric protein, the methodsof the invention provide an isolated HA protein precursor that isoperably-linked to a trimerization or foldon domain from the phage T4fibritin protein

The resultant recombinant homotrimeric foldon HA protein not onlyretains the native Influenza hemagglutinin homotrimeric conformation,but also becomes soluble, i.e. the protein is no longer bound to a viralor cellular membrane. Specifically, these recombinant HA homotrimericproteins lack an integral membrane or transmembrane domain. In certainembodiments, these recombinant HA homotrimeric proteins include HA1 andHA2 subunits as well as a trimerization domain, the resultantrecombinant HA homotrimeric protein containing between 1-50, 50-100,100-150, 150-200, 200-250, 250-300, 300-350, 350-400, 400-450,450-500,500-550, 550-600 amino acids (aa) or any length of amino acidsin between. Preferably, these recombinant HA homotrimeric proteinscontain between 565-575 amino acids (aa). Recombinant HA homotrimericproteins further include a signal cleavage site at the N-terminuscontaining between 15-25 aa. Alternatively, or in addition, recombinantHA homotrimeric proteins further include a transmembrane domainpositioned between amino acids 525-535 of HA depending on the influenzaA virus subtype. In a preferred embodiment, the HA protein is derivedfrom one or more strains of an Influenza A virus. Recombinant HAhomotrimeric proteins of the invention retain the native signal sequenceto enable secretion. Moreover, recombinant HA homotrimeric proteins ofthe invention contain a same signal sequence, which is not derived fromHA. Futhermore, signal sequences used with recombinant HA homotrimericproteins of the invention include those signal sequences known in theart that allow efficient secretion of proteins, such as the signalsequence of the immunoglobulin light kappa chain. Alternatively,recombinant HA homotrimeric proteins, or the HA0 precursors thereof, mayhave the native signal sequences in the expression constructs used byImmune Technology Corp. (http://www.immune-tech.com/). Signal sequencesare retained or manipultated to allow efficient secretion from, forinstance, art-recognized cell lines maintained in vitro, e.g. 293 HEKcells.

Recombinant HA homotrimeric proteins may retain a native HA1/HA2protease cleavage site, which is critical for viral pathogenicity. Inone aspect of the invention, recombinant HA homotrimeric proteinscontain a substituted HA1/HA2 protease cleavage site. For example, therecombinant HA protein encoded by SEQ ID NO: 737 does not have a nativecleavage site, but rather a cleavage site substituted from another HAprotein. Furthermore, these proteins optionally retain sialicacid-containing receptor binding sites within the HA1 subunit.

According to the methods of the invention, human antibodies obtainedfrom blood, serum, plasma, or cerebral spinal fluid, are contacted torecombinant and soluble HA homotrimers of the invention in vitro,wherein the recombinant and soluble HA homotrimers act as targets forhuman antibody binding to confirm specificity of the isolated humanantibody for an Influenza HA homotrimer in its native conformation. Ingeneral, the methods include obtaining serum or plasma samples fromsubjects or patients that have been infected with or vaccinated againstan infectious agent. These serum or plasma samples are then screened toidentify those that contain antibodies specific for a particularpolypeptide associated with the infectious agent, such as, e.g. apolypeptide specifically expressed on the surface of cells infected withthe infectious agent, but not uninfected cells. In particularembodiments, the serum or plasma samples are screened by contacting thesamples with a cell that has been transfected with an expression vectorthat expresses the polypeptide expressed on the surface of infectedcells. In particular embodiments the serum or plasma samples arescreened by contacting the samples with a recombinant protein whichrepresents a particular protein of the infectious agent such as, e.g.hemagglutinin of the influenza A virus. In particular embodiments theserum or plasma samples are screened by contacting the samples with apurified form of the infectious agent such as, e.g. intact whole virionsof the influenza A virus. In particular embodiments, the serum or plasmasamples are screened by contacting the samples with a live form of theinfectious agent such as, e.g. intact whole virions of the influenza Avirus to determine the presence of serum antibodies that inhibit orneutralize infection of susceptible cells. Exemplary susceptible cellsare eukaryotic or mammalian cells, such as MDCK cells.

Once a subject or patient is identified as having serum or plasmacontaining an antibody specific for the infectious agent polypeptide orvirus of interest, mononuclear and/or B cells obtained from the samesubject or patient are used to identify a cell or clone thereof thatproduces the antibody, using any of the methods described herein oravailable in the art. Once a B cell that produces the antibody isidentified, cDNAs encoding the variable regions or fragments thereof ofthe antibody may be cloned using standard RT-PCR vectors and primersspecific for conserved antibody sequences, and subcloned into expressionvectors used for the recombinant production of monoclonal antibodiesspecific for the infectious agent polypeptide of interest.

More specifically, B cells are collected from a particular donor, i.e. asubject or patient is identified as having serum or plasma containing anantibody specific for HA, cultured, and antibody is secreted from theseB cells into the culture medium. The culture medium is separated fromthese B cells, the B cells are lysed, and then frozen for storage. Theculture medium is then screened for antibody binding to various HAtargets and/or inhibition/neutralization of infection in vitro. When aculture well is identified as having an antibody of the desiredspecificity, reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) isapplied to the B-cell lysate to amplify the antibody variable regionsand subsequently clone, express, and test for binding and function ofthe recombinant antibody,

Human antibodies, such as the MAbs listed in Table 10, which bind therecombinant and soluble HA homotrimer and/or bind whole virions, andoptionally inhibit or neutralize infection of live virus arerecombinantly reproduced and formulated into a pharmaceuticalcomposition for administration to a subject at risk of contacting anInfluenza virus. Furthermore, recombinant and soluble HA homotrimers arederived from multiple strains of Influenza viruses, including multiplestrains of influenza A virus. Exemplary human antibodies specificallybind Influenza A, and may be selected for an inability to bind influenzaB and C virus strains.

The invention further provides a novel process whereby full-length HA isexpressed in mammalian cell lines, which allows for the identificationof human antibodies that bind this cell-expressed HA. The huMHAantibodies have been shown to bind conformational determinants on theHA-transfected cells, as well as native HA, which can be isolated, orcontacted to huMHA antibodies when presented either on Influenzainfected cells or on Influenza A virus. Alternatively, or in addition,huMHA antibodies bind native HA, recombinant homotrimeric HA, purifiedvirus, infected cells, linear peptide, synthetic HA peptide, HAtransfected mammalian cells, and HA expressed on the surface ofgenetically altered bacteriophage virus, which are used for genefragment display assays. Thus, this invention has allowed for theidentification and production of human monoclonal antibodies thatexhibit novel specificity for a very broad range of Influenza A virusstrains. These antibodies may be used prophylactically to preventInfluenza A infection, diagnostically to identify Influenza A infectionand therapeutically to treat Influenza A infection. Moreover, theepitopes to which huMHA antibodies of the invention bind are used asvaccines to prevent influenza A infection.

The huMHA antibodies of the invention has one or more of the followingcharacteristics: a) binds to an epitope in an HA1 subunit of anInfluenza hemagglutinin (HA) protein; b) binds to an epitope in the HA2subunit of Influenza hemagglutinin (HA) protein; c) binds to an epitopein the extracellular domain of an Influenza hemagglutinin (HA) protein,consisting of an HA1 subunit and an HA2 subunit; d) binds to an epitopeof a recombinant homotrimeric Influenza HA0 protein; e) binds to anepitope of an Influenza HA protein expressed on an infected cell; bindsto an epitope of an Influenza HA protein expressed on a modified cell;g) binds to an Influenza virus; or h) inhibits virus infection ofsusceptible eukaryotic cells. The huMHA antibodies of the inventioneliminate Influenza infected cells through immune effector mechanismssuch as ADCC and/or CDC and promote direct viral clearance by binding toInfluenza virions.

Exemplary Influenza A strains used for screening human plasma samples, BCell Culture supernatants (BCC SN), and monoclonal transfectionsupernatants (MN are shown in Table 8 below). Live strains were used forthe neutralization assays described herein. Inactivated strains wereused for the virus binding assays described herein. Recombinanthomotrimeric HA protein was used in the trimeric HA binding assay.

TABLE 8 Trimeric Virus HA Virus Subtype Neutralization binding bindingA/California/4/09 H1 + A/Solomon Islands/3/06 H1 + + + A/SouthCarolina/1/18 H1 + A/Japan/305/57 H2 + + A/Wisconsin/67/05 H3 + + + A/swine/Ontario/01911- H4 + 2/99 A/Vietnam/1203/04 H5 + A/Indonesia/5/05H5 + A/Egypt/3300- H5 + NAMRU3/08 A/common magpie/Hong H5 + Kong/5052/07A/Anhui/1/05 H5 + A/chicken/Vietnam/ H5 + NCVD-016/08 A/Hong Kong/156/97H5 + A/northern shoveler/ H6 + California/HKWF115/07A/Netherlands/219/03 H7 + A/duck/Yangzhou/02/05 H8 + A/Hong Kong/2108/03H9 + A/Hong Kong/1073/99 H9 +

Exemplary HA sequences include those sequences listed on Table 9 below.

TABLE 9 GenBank Accession SEQ ID Type No. Subtype HA Sequence fromStrain NO: A ACP41105 H1 A/California/04/2009(H1N1) SEQ ID NO: 727 AABU99109 H1 A/Solomon Islands/3/ SEQ ID 2006 (H1N1) NO: 728 A AFI17241H1 A/South Carolina/1/18 SEQ ID (H1N1) NO: 729 A AAA43185 H2A/Japan/305/1957 (H2N2) SEQ ID NO: 730 A ACF54576 H3 A/Wisconsin/67/2005(H3N2) SEQ ID NO: 731 A AAG17427 H4 A/Swine/Ontario/01911-2/ SEQ ID 99(H4N6) NO: 732 A AF028709 H5 A/Hong Kong/156/97 (H5N1) SEQ ID NO: 733 AAAT73274 H5 A/VietNam/1203/ SEQ ID 2004 (H5N1) NO: 734 A ABW06108 H5A/Indonesia/5/2005 (H5N1) SEQ ID NO: 735 A ACI06185 H5A/Egypt/3300-NAMRU3/ SEQ ID 2008 (H5N1) NO: 736 A ACJ26242 H5 A/commonmagpic/Hong SEQ ID Kong/5052/2007 (H5N1) NO: 737 A ABD28180 H5A/Anhui/1/2005(H5N1) SEQ ID NO: 738 A ACO07033 H5A/chicken/Vietnam/NCVD- SEQ ID 016/2008(H5N1) NO: 739 A ACE81692 H6A/northern shoveler/ SEQ ID California/HKWF115/2007 NO: 740 (H6N1) AAAR02640 H7 A/Netherlands/219/03 (H7N7) SEQ ID NO: 741 A ABK32094 H8A/duck/Yangzhou/02/ SEQ ID 2005 (H8N4) NO: 742 A ABB58945 H15A/HK/2108/2003 (H9N2) SEQ ID NO: 743 A NC_004908 H9 A/Hong Kong/1073/99SEQ ID (H9N2) NO: 744

In one embodiment, the huMHA antibodies of the invention bind to an HAthat wholly or partially includes the amino acid residues from position1 to position 525 of Influenza hemagglutinin when numbered in accordancewith SEQ ID NO: 727-744. Alternatively, the monoclonal antibody is anantibody that binds to the same epitope as the mAbs listed in Table 10.

TABLE 10 BCC well ID Theraclone ID 3251_K17 TCN-504 3280_D18 TCN-5213212_I12 TCN-522 5248_A17 TCN-523 5237_B21 TCN-524 5084_C17 TCN-5265086_C06 TCN-527 5087_P17 TCN-528 5297_H01 TCN-529 5248_H10a TCN-5305091_H13 TCN-531 5262_H18 TCN-532 5256_A17 TCN-533 5249_B02 TCN-5345246_P19 TCN-535 5095_N01 TCN-536 3194_D21 TCN-537 3206_O17 TCN-5385056_A08 TCN-539 5060_F05 TCN-540 5062_M11 TCN-541 5079_A16 TCN-5425081_G23 TCN-543 5082_A19 TCN-544 5082_I15 TCN-545 5089_L08 TCN-5465092_F11 TCN-547 5092_P01 TCN-548 5092_P04 TCN-549 5096_F06 TCN-5505243_D01 TCN-551 5249_I23 TCN-552 5261_C18 TCN-553 5277_M05 TCN-5545246_L16 TCN-555 5089_K12 TCN-556 5081_A04 TCN-557 5248_H10b TCN-5585097_G08 TCN-559 5084_P10 TCN-560

The antibodies of the invention are able to neutralize Influenza A.Monoclonal antibodies can be produced by known procedures, e.g., asdescribed by R. Kennet et al. in “Monoclonal Antibodies and FunctionalCell Lines; Progress and Applications”. Plenum Press (New York), 1984.Further materials and methods applied are based on known procedures,e.g., such as described in J. Virol. 67:6642-6647, 1993.

These antibodies can be used as prophylactic or therapeutic agents uponappropriate formulation, or as a diagnostic tool.

A “neutralizing antibody” is one that can neutralize the ability of thatpathogen to initiate and/or perpetuate an infection in a host and/or intarget cells in vitro. The invention provides a neutralizing monoclonalhuman antibody, wherein the antibody recognizes an antigen from anInfluenza virus, which is preferably derived from the HA protein.Preferably an antibody according to the invention is a novel monoclonalantibody referred to herein as TCN-522 (corresponding to BCC plate andwell location 3212_I12), TCN-521 (3280_D18), TCN-523 (5248_A17), TCN-563(5237_B21), TCN-526 (5084_C17), TCN-527 (5086_C06), TCN-528 (5087_P17),TCN-529 (5297_H01), TCN-530 (5248_H10a), TCN-531 (5091_H13), TCN-532(5262_H18), TCN-533 (5256_A17), TCN-534 (5249_B02), TCN-535 (5246_P19),TCN-536 (5095_N01), TCN-537 (3194_D21), TCN-538 (3206_O17), TCN-539(5056_A08), TCN-540 (5060_F05), TCN-541 (5062_M11), TCN-542 (5079_A16),TCN-543 (5081_G23), TCN-544 (5082_A19), TCN-545 (5082_I15), TCN-546(5089_L08), TCN-547 (5092_F11), TCN-548 (5092_P01), TCN-549 (5092_P04),TCN-550 (5096_F06), TCN-551 (5243_D01), TCN-552 (5249_I23), TCN-553(5261_C18), TCN-554 (5277_M05), TCN-555 (5246_L16), TCN-556 (5089_K12),TCN-557 (5081_A04), TCN-558 (5248_H10b), TCN-559 (5097_G08), TCN-560(5084_P10), and TCN-504 (3251_K17). These antibodies were initiallyisolated from human samples and are produced by the B cell culturesreferred to as 3212_I12, 3280_D18, 5248_A17, 5237_B21, 5084_C17,5086_C06, 5087_P17, 5297_H01, 5248_H10a, 5091_H13, 5262_H18, 5256_A17,5249_B02, 5246_P19, 5095_N01, 3194_D21, 3206_O17, 5056_A08, 5060_F05,5062_M11, 5079_A16, 5081_G23, 5082_A19, 5082_I15, 5089_L08, 5092_F11,5092_P01, 5092_P04, 5096_F06, 5243_D01, 5249_I23, 5261_C18, 5277_M05,5246_L16, 5089_K12, 5081A04, 5248_H10b, 5097_G08, 5084_P10, and3251_K17. These antibodies have broad neutralizing activity or broadbinding activity for Influenza A in vitro.

The CDRs of the antibody heavy chains are referred to as CDRH1, CDRH2and CDRH3, respectively. Similarly, the CDRs of the antibody lightchains are referred to as CDRL1, CDRL2 and CDRL3, respectively. Theposition of the CDR amino acids is defined according to the IMGTnumbering system as: CDR1—IMGT positions 27 to 38, CDR2—IMGT positions56 to 65 and CDR3—IMGT positions 105 to 117. (Lefranc, M P. et al. 2003IMGT unique numbering for immunoglobulin and T cell receptor variableregions and Ig superfamily V-like domains. Dev Comp Immunol.27(1):55-77; Lefranc, M P. 1997. Unique database numbering system forimmunogenetic analysis. Immunology Today, 18:509; Lefranc, M P. 1999.The IMGT unique numbering for Immunoglobulins, T cell receptors andIg-like domains. The Immunologist, 7:132-136.)

The sequences of the antibodies were determined, including the sequencesof the variable regions of the Gamma heavy and Kappa or Lambda lightchains of the antibodies designated. In addition, the sequence of eachof the polynucleotides and polypeptides encoding the antibody sequenceswas determined for TCN-522 (3212_I12), TCN-521 (3280_D18), TCN-523(5248_A17), TCN-563 (5237_B21), TCN-526 (5084_C17), TCN-527 (5086_C06),TCN-528 (5087_P17), TCN-529 (5297_H01), TCN-530 (5248_H10a), TCN-531(5091_H13), TCN-532 (5262_H18), TCN-533 (5256_A17), TCN-534 (5249_B02),TCN-535 (5246_P19), TCN-536 (5095_N01), TCN-537 (3194_D21), TCN-538(3206_O17), TCN-539 (5056_A08), TCN-540 (5060_F05), TCN-541 (5062_M11),TCN-542 (5079_A16), TCN-543 (5081_G23), TCN-544 (5082_A19), TCN-545(5082_I15), TCN-546 (5089_L08), TCN-547 (5092_F11), TCN-548 (5092_P01),TCN-549 (5092_P04), TCN-550 (5096_F06), TCN-551 (5243_D01), TCN-552(5249_I23), TCN-553 (5261_C18), TCN-554 (5277_M05), TCN-555 (5246_L16),TCN-556 (5089_K12), TCN-557 (5081_A04), TCN-558 (5248_H10b), TCN-559(5097_G08), TCN-560 (5084_P10), and TCN-504 (3251_K17).

Shown below are the polypeptide and polynucleotide sequences of theheavy and light chains, with the signal peptides at the N-terminus (or5′ end) and the constant regions at the C-terminus (or 3′ end) of thevariable regions, which are shown in bolded text.

TCN-504 (3251_K17) heavy chain variable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQID NO: 745)CAGGTGCAACTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCCTCGGAGAGCCTGTCCCTCACTTGCGCTGTCTCTGGTGTCTCCATCAGCAATATTGATTTCTACTGGGGCTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGGCTAGAATGGATTGGCAATATCTATTATACGGGGATCACCTTCTACAACCCGTCCCTCAGCAGTCGAGTCGCCATATCCATTGACACCTCCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGACTCTGACTTCTGTGACCGCCGCAGACACGGCTATGTATTACTGTGCGAGACATTACGGTGACTCCGAGGCAATAAACGATGCCTTTGACATCTGGGGCCAAGGGACAATGCTCACCGTCTCGAGCTCN-504 (3251_K17) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acidsequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 746)QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCAVSGVSISN IDFYWGWIRQPPGKGLEWIG NIYYTGITF YNPSLSSRVAISIDTSKNQFSLTLTSVTAADTAMYYCAR HYGDSEAINDAFDI WGQGTMLTVSS TCN-504(3251_K17) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 747) NIDFYWGCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 748) NIYYTGITFYNPSLSS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 749)HYGDSEAINDAFDI TCN-504 (3251_K17) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 750) GVSISN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 751) NIYYTGITF CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 749) HYGDSEAINDAFDI TCN-504 (3251_K17) light chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 752)GAGATAGTGATGACGCAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTGTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTGGCAATAGTTTAGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAGACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTACGGTGCATCCACCAGGGCCACTGGTATCCCACCCAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGAATTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGACTGAAGATTTTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAACAATATATTAACTGGCGTCCGCTCAGTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTGGAGATCAAA TCN-504 (3251_K17) light chain variable regionamino acid sequence (KabatCDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ IDNO: 753) EIVMTQSPATLSVSPGERATLSC RASQSVGNSLA WYQQRPGQAPRLLIY GASTRATGIPPRFSGSGSGT EFTLTISSLQTEDFAVYYC QQYINWRPL SFGGGTKVEIK TCN-504(3251_K17) light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 754) RASQSVGNSLACDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 755) GASTRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 756) QQYINWRPLSTCN-504 (3251_K17) light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 754)RASQSVGNSLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 755) GASTRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 756)QQYINWRPLS TCN-521 (3280_D18) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 758)GAAGTGCAGTTGGTGCAGTCTGGAGGAGGCTTGGTCCAGCCTGGGGGGTCCCTGAGACTCGCCTGTGTAGTCTCTGGGTTCACCGTCACCAGCAATTATATAACTTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTCTCAGTTATTTATAGTCATGGTCGCGCATATTATTCAGCCTCCGTGAATGGCCGATTCACCATCTCCAGACACACTTCCAAGAACACAGTTTATCTTGAAATGAACAGCCTGAGACCTGAGGACACGGCCGTCTATTACTGTGCGGGCGGGGGCCTAGTCGGTGGCTACGACGAATATTTCTTTGACTATTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGCCACCGTCTCCTCATCN-521 (3280_D18) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acidsequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 759)EVQLVQSGGGLVQPGGSLRLACVVSGFTVTS NYITWVRQAPGKGLEWVS VIYSHGRAY YSASVNGRFTISRHTSKNTVYLEMNSLRPEDTAVYYCAG GGLVGGYDEYFFDY WGQGTLATVSS TCN-521(3280_D18) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 760) SNYITCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 761) VIYSHGRAYYSASVNG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 762)GGLVGGYDEYFFDY TCN-521 (3280_D18) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 763) GFTVTS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 764) VIYSHGRAY CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 762) GGLVGGYDEYFFDY TCN-521 (3280_D18) light chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 765)GAAACTGTCTTGACGCAATCTCCAGGCACCTTGTCTTTGACTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGAGTCGGTCAGAGTGTTAGCGGCAGCCACTTAGCCTGGTACCAACAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGGTGCATCCAGCAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGACAGGTTCGGTGGCAGTGTGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGACTGGAGCCTGAAGATTCTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGTATGGTGACTCACGATACACTTTTGGCCAGGGGACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAA TCN-521 (3280_D18) light chain variable regionamino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQID NO: 766) ETVLTQSPGTLSLTPGERATLSC RVGQSVSGSHLA WYQQKPGQAPRLLIY GASSRATGIPDRFGGSVSG TDFTLTISRLEPEDSAVYYC QQYGDSRYT FGQGTKLEIK TCN-521(3280_D18) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 767) RVGQSVSGSHLACDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 768) GASSRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 769) QQYGDSRYTTCN-521 (3280_D18) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 767)RVGQSVSGSHLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 768) GASSRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 769)QQYGDSRYT TCN-522 (3212_I12) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 770)CAGGTGCAGCTACAGCAGTGGGGCGCAGGACTTTTGAAACCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTGTCTGGGGGGTCCCTCACTGATTACTCTTGGAACTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATCGGTGACACCCTTCATAATGGCTACACCAACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAGGGGTCGAGTTTCCATCTCAATAGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGGTCTCACTCAGGCTGACCTCTGTGACCGCCGCGGACACGGCTCTTTATTACTGTGCGAGAGGCTCAGGTGGATATGGTGGCTTCGATTATTTTGGCAAGCTCCGGACATGGGACTTCTGGGGCCAGGGAACGCTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA TCN-522 (3212_I12) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acidsequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 771)QVQLQQWGAGLLKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSLTD YSWNWIRQPPGKGLEWIG DTLHNGYTN YNPSLRGRVSISIDTSKNQVSLRLTSVTAADTALYYCAR GSGGYGGFDYFGKLRTWDF WGQGTLVTVSS TCN-522(3212_I12) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 772) DYSWNCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 773) DTLHNGYTNYNPSLRG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 774)GSGGYGGFDYFGKLRTWDF TCN-522 (3212_I12) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs:CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 775) GGSLTD CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 776) DTLHNGYTN CDR 3:(SEQ ID NO: 774) GSGGYGGFDYFGKLRTWDF TCN-522 (3212_I12) light chainvariable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 777)GACATTCAGTTGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTGGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGGGCATTAGAAATGATTTAGGCTGGTATCAGCAAAAACCAGGGAACGCCCCTAAGCGCCTGATCTTTGGTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGAGTTCACTCTCACAATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGAGGACTTTGCAACTTATTACTGTCTACAGCATAATAGTTACCCGTACACTTTTGGCCAGGGGACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAG TCN-522 (3212_I12) light chain variable regionamino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQID NO: 778) DIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITC RASQGIRNDLG WYQQKPGNAPKRLIF GASSLQSGVPSRFSGSGSGT EFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYC LQHNSYPYT FGQGTKLEIK TCN-522(3212_I12) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 779) RASQGIRNDLGCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 780) GASSLQS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 781) LQHNSYPYTTCN-522 (3212_I12)Light chain Chothia CDRs CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 779)RASQGIRNDLG CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 780) GASSLQS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 781)LQHNSYPYT TCN-523 (5248_A17) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 782)CAGGTGCAACTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCAGCTTCAGCAACTATGCCTTCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGGACCATCCCTCTACTTGGTACAACAAACTACGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACGATTTCCGCGGACCAATTCACGAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGGGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAAGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTACGAGACGGAAAATGACTACGGCTTTTGACTCCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA TCN-523(5248_A17) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acid sequence: (KabatCDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 783)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGSFSN YAFSWVRQAPGQGLEWMG GTIPLLGTTN YAQKFQGRVTISADQFTSTAYMELGSLRSEDTAVYYCTR RKMTTAFDS WGQGTLVTVSS TCN-523(5248_A17) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 784) NYAFSCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 785) GTIPLLGTTNYAQKFQG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 786)RKMTTAFDS TCN-523 (5248_A17)gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQID NO: 787) GGSFSN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 788) GTIPLLGTTN CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO:786) RKMTTAFDS TCN-523 (5248_A17)light chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 789)CAGCCTGTTCTGACTCAGCCACCTTCTGCATCAGCCTCCCTGGGAGCCTCGGTCACACTCACCTGCACCCTGAGCAGCGCCTACAGTAATTATAAAGTGGACTGGTACCAGCAGAGACCAGGGAAGGGCCCCCGCTTTGTGATGCGAGTGGGCACTGGTGGGATTGTGGGATCCAAGGGGGATGGCATCCCTGATCGCTTCTCAGTCTTGGGCTCAGGCCTGAATCGGTACCTGACCATCAAGAACATCCAGGAAGAGGATGAGAGTGACTACCACTGTGGGGCAGACCATGGCAGTGGGAGCAACTTCGTGTCCCCTTACGTATTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGCTGACCGTTCTA TCN-523(5248_A17)light chain variable region amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs inbold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 790) QPVLTQPPSASASLGASVTLTCTLSSAYSNYKVD WYQQRPGKGPRFVMR VGTGGIVGSKGD GIPDRFSVLGSGLNRYLTIKNIQEEDESDYHC GADHGSGSNFVSPYV FGGGTKLTVL TCN-523(5248_A17)Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 791) TLSSAYSNYKVDCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 792) VGTGGIVGSKGD CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 793)GADHGSGSNFVSPYV TCN-523 (5248_A17)Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQID NO: 791) TLSSAYSNYKVD CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 792) VGTGGIVGSKGD CDR 3:(SEQ ID NO: 793) GADHGSGSNFVSPYV TCN-563 (5237_B21) heavy chain variableregion nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 794)CAGGTGCAGCTGGCGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAGGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAAGTCTCATGCACGGCTTCTGGAGGCATCTTCAGGAAGAATGCAATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGCCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGGATCATCGCAGTCTTTAACACAGCAAATTACGCGCAGAAGTTTCAGGGCAGAGTCAAAATTACCGCAGACGAATCCGGGAATACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGACGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGTCACCCAAAATATTTCTATGGTTCGGGGAGTTATCCGGACTTCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGCTCN-563 (5237_B21) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acidsequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 795)QVQLAQSGAEVKRPGSSVKVSCTASGGIFRK NAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMG GIIAVFNTAN YAQKFQGRVKITADESGNTAYMELSSLRSDDTAVYYCAS HPKYFYGSGSYPDF WGQGTLVTVSS TCN-563(5237_B21)gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 796) KNAISCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 797) GIIAVFNTANYAQKFQG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 798)HPKYFYGSGSYPDF TCN-563 (5237_B21)gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 799) GGIFRK CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 800) GIIAVFNTAN CDR 3: (SEQID NO: 798) HPKYFYGSGSYPDF TCN-563 (5237_B21)light chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 801)CAATCTGCCCTGACTCAGCCTCGCTCAGTGTCCGGGTCTCCTGGACAGTCAGTCACCATCTCCTGCACTGGAAGCAGCAGTGATGTTGGTGCTTCTAACTCTGTCTCCTGGTACCAACAACACCCAGGCAAAGCCCCCAAACTCGTTATTTATGATGTCACTGAGCGACCCTCAGGGGTCCCTCATCGCTTCTCTGGCTCCAAGTCTGGCAACACGGCCTCCCTGACCGTCTCTGGGCTCCAGCCTGAGGACGAGGCTGATTATTTCTGCTGCGCATATGGAGGCAAATATCTTGTGGTCTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTGACCGTCCTC TCN-563 (5237_B21)light chain variableregion amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined)(SEQ ID NO: 802) QSALTQPRSVSGSPGQSVTISC TGSSSDVGASNSVS WYQQHPGKAPKLVIYDVTERPS GVPHRFSGSKS GNTASLTVSGLQPEDEADYFC CAYGGKYLVV FGGGTKVTVL TCN-563(5237_B21)light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 803) TGSSSDVGASNSVSCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 804) DVTERPS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 805) CAYGGKYLVVTCN-563 (5237_B21)light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 803)TGSSSDVGASNSVS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 804) DVTERPS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 805)CAYGGKYLVV TCN-526 (5084_C17)heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 806)GAGGTGCTGATGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTCCAGCCTGGGGGGTCCGTGAGACTCTCCTGTGTAGCCTCTGGATTCAGTTTCAGTAGTCATTGGATGACCTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTGGCCAACATAGAGGACGATGGAGGTGACAAGTACTATGTGGACTCTGTGAAGGGCCGATTCATTATCTCCAGAGACAACGCCAAGAATTCAGTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTAAGAGCCGAGGACACGGCTGTGTATTTCTGTGCGAGAGGTTCGGGGAGCTCTGATAGAAGTGATTATGACCCCCACTACTACTACTACTTGGACGTCTGGGGCAAAGGGGCCACGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA TCN-526 (5084_C17) gamma heavy chain variable region aminoacid sequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO:807) EVLMVESGGGLVQPGGSVRLSCVASGFSFSS HWMTWVRQAPGKGLEWVA NIEDDGGDKYYVDSVK GRFIISRDNAKNSVYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYFCAR GSGSSDRSDYDPHYYYYLDVWGKGATVTVSS TCN-526 (5084_C17) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQID NO: 808) SHWMT CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 809) NIEDDGGDKYYVDSVKG CDR 3: (SEQID NO: 810) GSGSSDRSDYDPHYYYYLDV TCN-526 (5084_C17) gamma heavy chainChothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 811) GFSFSS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 812)NIEDDGGDKY CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 810) GSGSSDRSDYDPHYYYYLDV TCN-526(5084_C17) light chain variable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO:813)GACATCCAGCTGACCCAGTCTCCATCTTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGTAGGTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAAAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGCTGTTTGCTGCTTCTACTTTGCTAGATGGGGTCCCATCAAGATTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACGGAATCACAGTCCCTCGTGGACGTTCGGCCAAGGGACCAGGGTGGAAATCAAA TCN-526 (5084_C17) light chain variable regionamino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQID NO: 814) DIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITC RASQSISRYLN WYQQKPGKAPKLLLF AASTLLDGVPSRFSGSGSGT DFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYC QRNHSPSWT FGQGTRVEIK TCN-526(5084_C17) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 815) RASQSISRYLNCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 816) AASTLLD CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 817) QRNHSPSWTTCN-526 (5084_C17) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 815)RASQSISRYLN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 816) AASTLLD CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 817)QRNHSPSWT TCN-527 (5086_C06) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 818)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAAGAGTCGGGCCCGGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCAACTGCGCTGTCTCTGGAGGCTCCATCAGTAATTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAGCCCCCCGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGCTATATCTCTTACAATGGGAGGCCCAAGTACAACCCCTCCCTCACGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCCGTCGACACGTCCAAGGACCAGTTCTCCCTGGAGCTGCGCTCTGTGACCGCTGCGGACACGGCCCTTTATTACTGTGCGAGAGAAACGCGGTTCGGGGAGTTATTATCTCCCTATGATGCTTTTGAAATCTGGGGCCAAGGGACAATGGTCACCGTCTCCTCATCN-527 (5086_C06) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acidsequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 819)QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLNCAVSGGSISN YYWSWIRQPPGKGLEWIG YISYNGRPK YNPSLTSRVTISVDTSKDQFSLELRSVTAADTALYYCAR ETRFGELLSPYDAFEI WGQGTMVTVSS TCN-527(5086_C06) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 820) NYYWSCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 821) YISYNGRPKYNPSLTS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 822)ETRFGELLSPYDAFEI TCN-527 (5086_C06) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR1: (SEQ ID NO: 824) GGSISN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 823) YISYNGRPK CDR 3: (SEQID NO: 822) ETRFGELLSPYDAFEI TCN-527 (5086_C06) light chain variableregion nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 825)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATGACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAACATTAGAAGCTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAGACCAGGGACAGCCCCTAAACTCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCACTTTACACAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCGGTGGGTCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAATAATCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCATCTTACTACTGTCAACAGAGTTACGATAACCCTCAGACGTTCGGCCAAGGGACCAAGGTGGAAATCAAA TCN-527 (5086_C06) light chain variable regionamino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQID NO: 826) DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTMTC RASQNIRSYLN WYQQRPGTAPKLLIY AASTLHSGVPSRFSGGGSG TDFTLTINNLQPEDFASYYC QQSYDNPQT FGQGTKVEIK TCN-527(5086_C06) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 827) RASQNIRSYLNCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 828) AASTLHS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 829) QQSYDNPQTTCN-527 (5086_C06) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 827)RASQNIRSYLN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 828) AASTLHS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 829)QQSYDNPQT TCN-528 (5087_P17) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 830)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGTCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGATACACCTTCACCAATTATGACATCAACTGGATTCGACAGGCCCCTGGTCAAGGACTTGAGTGGATGGGCTGGATAAATCCCAACAGTGGAACCACGGGCTCTGCACAGAGGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATAACCGTGGACACCTCCATAACCACAGTCTACATGGAACTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGACGACACGGCCATTTACTACTGCGCGAGAGGCCGTGAGCTCCTCCGGCTTCAACATTTTTTGACTGACTCCCAGTCCGAGAGGAGGGACTGCTTCGACCCCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA TCN-528 (5087_P17) gamma heavy chain variableregion amino acid sequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRsunderlined) (SEQ ID NO: 831) QVQLVQSGSEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTNYDINWIRQAPGQGLEWMG WINPNSGTTG SAQRFQG RVTITVDTSITTVYMELSSLRSDDTAIYYCARGRELLRLQHFLTDSQSERRDCFDP WGQGTLVTVSS TCN-528 (5087_P17) gamma heavychain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 832) NYDIN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 833)WINPNSGTTGSAQRFQG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 834) GRELLRLQHFLTDSQSERRDCFDPTCN-528 (5087_P17) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO:835) GYTFTN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 836) WINPNSGTTG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 834)GRELLRLQHFLTDSQSERRDCFDP TCN-528 (5087_P17) light chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 837)GATATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCTTCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAATCAAGACATTGGCATTTATTTAAATTGGTATCAACAGAATCCAGGGAAAGTCCCTAAACTCCTGCTCCATGGTGCGTCCAGTTTGCAGGGCGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGCCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATTCACAGTCTACAACCTGAAGATTTAGCAACCTACTACTGTCAACAGAGTCGCCGTCTACCGTACACTTTTGGCCAGGGGACCAGGGTGGAACTCAAA TCN-528 (5087_P17) light chain variable regionamino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQID NO: 838) DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITC RANQDIGIYLN WYQQNPGKVPKLLLH GASSLQGGVPSRFSASGSG TDFTLTIHSLQPEDLATYYC QQSRRLPYT FGQGTRVELK TCN-528(5087_P17) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 839) RANQDIGIYLNCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 840) GASSLQG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 841) QQSRRLPYTTCN-528 (5087_P17) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 839)RANQDIGIYLN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 840) GASSLQG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 841)QQSRRLPYT TCN-529 (5297_H01) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 842)CAGATCACCTTGAGGGAGTCTGGTCCTACGCTGGTGAAACCCACACAGACCCTCACGCTGACCTGCACCTTCTCTGGGTTTTCACTCAGCACTAATGGAGTGAATGTGGGCTGGATCCGTCAGCCCCCAGGAAAGGCCCTGGAGTGGCTTGCACTCATTTACTGGGATGATGATAAGCGCTACAGTCCGTCTCTGAAGAGAAGGCTCACCATCACCAAGGACACCTCCAAAAACCAAGTGGTCCTTACACTGACCAACATGGACCCTGTAGATACAGCCACATATTACTGTGCACACAGACCCGACTTCTATGGTGACTTCGAGTACTGGGGCCCGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA TCN-529(5297_H01) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acid sequence: (KabatCDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 843)QITLRESGPTLVKPTQTLTLTCTFSGFSLSTNG VNVGWIRQPPGKALEWLA LIYWDDDKR YSPSLKRRLTITKDTSKNQVVLTLTNMDPVDTATYYCAH RPDFYGDFEY WGPGTLVTVSS TCN-529(5297_H01) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 844) TNGVNVGCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 845) LIYWDDDKRYSPSLKR CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 846)RPDFYGDFEY TCN-529 (5297_H01)gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQID NO: 847) GFSLSTNG CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 848) LIYWDDDKR CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 846) RPDFYGDFEY TCN-529 (5297_H01) light chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 849)CAGTCTGCACTGACTCAGCCTGCCTCCGTGTCTGGGTCTCCCGGACAGTCGATCACCATCTCCTGCACTGGAAGCAGCAGTGACATTGGTGGTTATAACTATGTCTCCTGGTACCAACAACACCCAGGCAAGGCCCCCAAACTCATGATTTACGATGTCAATAATCGGCCCTCAGGGGTTTCTAATCGCTTCTCTGGCTCCAAGTCTGGCAACACGGCCTCCCTGACTATCTCTGGGCTCCAGACTGACGACGAGGCTGATTATTACTGCGGCTCATATACAGGCAGTCCTCATTATGTCTTCGGAACTGGGACCAAGGTCACCGTCCTA TCN-529 (5297_H01) light chain variableregion amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined)(SEQ ID NO: 850) QSALTQPASVSGSPGQSITISC TGSSSDIGGYNYVS WYQQHPGKAPKLMIYDVNNRPS GVSNRFSGSKS GNTASLTISGLQTDDEADYYC GSYTGSPHYV FGTGTKVTVL TCN-529(5297_H01) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 851)TGSSSDIGGYNYVS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 852) DVNNRPS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 853)GSYTGSPHYV TCN-529 (5297_H01)Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ IDNO: 851) TGSSSDIGGYNYVS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 852) DVNNRPS CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 853) GSYTGSPHYV TCN-530 (5248_H10a) heavy chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 854)CAGGTCCAACTGGTGCAATCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAGGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCCCCTTCATGAGTTATGCTATCGGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGGATCAACCCTGTGTTTGGTAGACCGCACTACGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATCGCCACGGACGACTCCACGAAGACATCGTACATGGAACTGAGTAGCCTGACGTCTGAGGACACGGGCATGTATTACTGTGCGAGTAGGTATAGTAGGTCGTCCCCAGGGACCTTTGAGTCCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-530(5248_H10a) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acid sequence:(Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 855)QVQLVQSGAEVRKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFMS YAIGWVRQAPGQGLEWMG GINPVFGRPH YAQKFQGRVTIATDDSTKTSYMELSSLTSEDTGMYYCAS RYSRSSPGTFES WGQGTLVTVSS TCN-530(5248_H10a) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 856) SYAIGCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 857) GINPVFGRPHYAQKFQG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 858)RYSRSSPGTFES TCN-530 (5248_H10a) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 859) GGPFMS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 860) GINPVFGRPH CDR 3: (SEQID NO: 858) RYSRSSPGTFES TCN-530 (5248_H10a) light chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 861)GAAATAGTGATGACGCAGTTTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTGTGTCTCCCGGGGAACGAGTCACCCTCTCCTGTAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAACAATTTAGCCTGGTACCAGCAAAAACCTGGCCAGCCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGATGCATCTACCAGGGCCACGGGTGTCCCAGCCAAGTTCAGTGGCACTGGGTCTGGCACAGAGTTCACTCTCAGCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGTCCGAAGATTTTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGTATCACAACTGGCCTCCCTCGTACAGTTTTGGCCTGGGGACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAA TCN-530 (5248_H10a) light chain variableregion amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined)(SEQ ID NO: 862) EIVMTQFPATLSVSPGERVTLSC RASQSVSNNLA WYQQKPGQPPRLLIYDASTRAT GVPAKFSGTGSGT EFTLSISSLQSEDFAVYYC QQYHNWPPSYS FGLGTKLEIK TCN-530(5248_H10a) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 863) RASQSVSNNLACDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 864) DASTRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 865) QQYHNWPPSYSTCN-530 (5248_H10a) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 863)RASQSVSNNLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 864) DASTRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 865)QQYHNWPPSYS TCN-531 (5091_H13) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 866)GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGACTTGGTACAGCCAGGGCGGTCCCTGAAACTCTCCTGCACAGGTTCTGGATTCACCTTTGGTGATTATGGTGTGACCTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTAGGTTTCATTAGAACCAGACCTTGGGGTGGGACAGCAGATACCGCCGCGTCTGTGAAAGGCAGATTCACTATTTCAAGAGATGATTCCAAAAGTCTCGCCTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAAAACCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTATTACTGTTGTAGAGATGCCCCTCCAAATGTGGAAGTGGCTTCTATGACCAACTGGTACTTCGATCTCTGGGGCCGTGGCACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA TCN-531 (5091_H13) gamma heavy chain variable region aminoacid sequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO:867) EVQLVESGGDLVQPGRSLKLSCTGSGFTFGD YGVTWVRQAPGKGLEWVG FIRTRPWGGTADTAASV KGRFTISRDDSKSLAYLQMNSLKTEDTAVYYCCR DAPPNVEVASMTNWYFDL WGRGTLVTVSSTCN-531 (5091_H13) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 868)DYGVT CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 869) FIRTRPWGGTADTAASVKG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO:870) DAPPNVEVASMTNWYFDL TCN-531 (5091_H13) gamma heavy chain ChothiaCDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 871) GFTFGD CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 872)FIRTRPWGGTAD CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 870) DAPPNVEVASMTNWYFDL TCN-531(5091_H13) light chain variable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO:873)GACATCCAGCTGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTGGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCGAGTCAGGGCATTCTCAATTGTTTAGCCTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCGGGGAAAGTTCCTAACCTCCTGATGTATGCTGCATCCACATTGCAGTCAGGGGTCCCATCTCGGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATTTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGAAGATGTTGCAACTTATTACTGTCAAACGTATGGCGGTGTCTCTACTTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTGGAGATCAGA TCN-531 (5091_H13) light chain variable region aminoacid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO:874) DIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITC RASQGILNCLA WYQQKPGKVPNLLMY AASTLQSGVPSRFSGSGFG TDFTLTISSLQPEDVATYYC QTYGGVST FGGGTKVEIR TCN-531 (5091_H13)Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 875) RASQGILNCLA CDR 2: (SEQID NO: 876) AASTLQS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 877) QTYGGVST TCN-531 (5091_H13)Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 875) RASQGILNCLA CDR 2:(SEQ ID NO: 876) AASTLQS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 877) QTYGGVST TCN-532(5262_H18) heavy chain variable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO:878)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCTTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCGTCAGCAGTGAGACTTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTAGAGTGGATTGGATATATCTATTACATTGGGAACACCGACTACAGGCCCTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCACTGGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACCGCTGCGGACACGGCCGTTTATTACTGTGCGAGAGGCGCTTATTATGATAGTAGTGGTTACCCGGCTTTTTATATCTGGGGCCAAGGGACAATGGTCACCGTCTCCTCATCN-532 (5262_H18) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acidsequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 879)QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSVSSET YYWSWIRQPPGKGLEWIG YIYYIGNTD YRPSLKSRVTISLDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYYCAR GAYYDSSGYPAFYI WGQGTMVTVSS TCN-532(5262_H18) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 880) SETYYWSCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 881) YIYYIGNTDYRPSLKS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 882)GAYYDSSGYPAFYI TCN-532 (5262_H18) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 883) GGSVSSET CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 884) YIYYIGNTD CDR 3: (SEQID NO: 882) GAYYDSSGYPAFYI TCN-532 (5262_H18) light chain variableregion nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 885)CAGTCTGTGCTGACGCAGCCGCCCTCAGTGTCTGGGGCCCCAGGGCAGAGGGTCACCATCTCCTGCACTGGGAGCAGCTCCAACATCGGGTCAGATTATGATGTGCACTGGTACAAGCAACTTCCAGGAACAGCCCCCAAACTCCTCATCTTTGGTAACAGCAATCGGCCCTCAGGGGTCCCTGACCGATTCTCTGGCTCCAAGTCTGGCACCTCAGCCTCCCTGGCCATCACTGGGCTCCAGGCTGAGGATGAGGCTGATTATTACTGCCAATCCTATGACAGCAGCCTGAGTGGTTTTCATGTCTTCGGAAGTGGGACCAAGGTCACCGTCCTA TCN-532 (5262_H18) light chainvariable region amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRsunderlined) (SEQ ID NO: 886) QSVLTQPPSVSGAPGQRVTISC TGSSSNIGSDYDVHWYKQLPGTAPKLLIF GNSNRPS GVPDRFSGSKS GTSASLAITGLQAEDEADYYC QSYDSSLSGFHVFGSGTKVTVL TCN-532 (5262_H18) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO:887) TGSSSNIGSDYDVH CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 888) GNSNRPS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO:889) QSYDSSLSGFHV TCN-532 (5262_H18) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 887) TGSSSNIGSDYDVH CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 888) GNSNRPS CDR 3:(SEQ ID NO: 889) QSYDSSLSGFHV TCN-533 (5256_A17) heavy chain variableregion nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 890)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGACGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGACGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCAGCTTCAGCAACTATGGAATCAACTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGGGGAATCATCCCTCTCATTAATGCACCGAACTACGCACCGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTGACGATTACCGCGGACATGTTCTCGAATATAGTCTCCTTGCAGTTGACCAGCCTGAGAACTGACGACACGGCCGTGTATTATTGTGCGAGACGAAAAATGACTACGGCTATTGACTATTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA TCN-533(5256_A17) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acid sequence: (KabatCDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 891)QVQLVQSGADVKKPGSSVTVSCKASGGSFSN YGINWVRQAPGQGLEWMG GIIPLINAPN YAPKFQGRVTITADMFSNIVSLQLTSLRTDDTAVYYCAR RKMTTAIDY WGQGTLVTVSS TCN-533(5256_A17) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 892) NYGINCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 893) NAPNYAPKFQG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 894) RKMTTAIDYTCN-533 (5256_A17) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO:787) GGSFSN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 895) GIIPLINAPN CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 894)RKMTTAIDY TCN-533 (5256_A17) light chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 896)CAGCCTGTGTTGAGTCAGCCACCTTCTGCATCGGCCTCCCTGGGAGCCTCCGTCACACTCACCTGCACCCTGAGTAGCGGCTTCGATAATTATCAAGTGGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAGACCAGGGAAGGGCCCCCGCTTTGTGATGCGGGTGGGCAATGGTGGGAATGTGGCTTCCAAGGGGGATGGCATTCCTGATCGTTTCTCAGTCTCGGGCTCAGGCCTGAATCGGTACCTGACCATCAAGAACATCCAGGAAGACGATGAGAGTGACTATTATTGTGGGGCAGACCATGGCAGTGGGAACAACTTCGTGTCCCCTTATGTGTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAAGCTGACCGTTCTA TCN-533 (5256_A17) light chain variable region amino acidsequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 897)QPVLSQPPSASASLGASVTLTC TLSSGFDNYQVA WYQQRPGKGPRFVMR VGNGGNVASKG DGIPDRFSVSGSGLNRYLTIKNIQEDDESDYYC GADHGSGNNFVSPYV FGGGTKLTVL TCN-533(5256_A17) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 898) TLSSGFDNYQVACDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 899) VGNGGNVASKGD CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 900)GADHGSGNNFVSPYV TCN-533 (5256_A17) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQID NO: 898) TLSSGFDNYQVA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 899) VGNGGNVASKGD CDR 3:(SEQ ID NO: 900) GADHGSGNNFVSPYV TCN-534 (5249_B02) heavy chain variableregion nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 901)CAGGTCCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCAGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAGGGAATCTGGAGGCACCTTCAACGGCTACACTATCACCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGGCAAGGCCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGGATCATCCCTATGATGGGGACAGTCAACTACGCACAGAAGTTGCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATTACCACGGACTATTTCACGAAAACAGCCTACATGGATCTGAACAATTTAAGATCTGAAGACACGGCCATGTATTATTGTGTGAAAATCAGATATACTGGGCAGCAGCTGCTCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA TCN-534(5249_B02) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acid sequence: (KabatCDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 902)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCRESGGTFNG YTITWVRQAPGQGLEWMG GIIPMMGTVN YAQKLQGRVTITTDYFTKTAYMDLNNLRSEDTAMYYCVK IRYTGQQLL WGQGTLVTVSS TCN-534(5249_B02) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 903) GYTITCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 904) GIIPMMGTVNYAQKLQG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 905)IRYTGQQLL TCN-534 (5249_B02) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQID NO: 906) GGTFNG CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 907) GIIPMMGTVN CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO:905) IRYTGQQLL TCN-534 (5249_B02) light chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 908)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCTTCCACCCTGTCGGCATCTATAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCCAGTCAGAGTATTGCAAGTTGGTTGGCCTGGTATCAGCAAAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATGAGGCAGTTAATTTAGAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCCGATGATTTTGCAACTTATTTCTGCCAACATTATGGTACTATTTCTCAGACCTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTGGAGATCAAA TCN-534 (5249_B02) light chain variable regionamino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQID NO: 909) DIQMTQSPSTLSASIGDRVTITC RASQSIASWLA WYQQKPGKAPKLLIY EAVNLESGVPSRFSGSGSGT DFTLTISSLQPDDFATYFC QHYGTISQT FGGGTKVEIK TCN-534(5249_B02) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 910) RASQSIASWLACDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 911) EAVNLES CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 912) QHYGTISQTTCN-534 (5249_B02) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 910)RASQSIASWLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 911) EAVNLES CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 912)QHYGTISQT TCN-535 (5246_P19) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 913)CAGGTCCAGCTGGTGCAATCTGGGAGTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGACCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCACGGCCTCTGGAAGTGTCTTCACCAATTATGGAATTAGTTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGGATCATCCCTCTCTTTGGCGCAGCCAAGTACGCACAGAAATTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATCACAGCGGACGAATCCACGAAGACAGTCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGGCTGACATCTAAAGACACGGCCATATATTTCTGTGCGAAGGCCCCCCGTGTCTACGAGTACTACTTTGATCAGTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCCAGTCACCGTCTCCTCA TCN-535(5246_P19) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acid sequence: (KabatCDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 914)QVQLVQSGSEVKKPGTSVKVSCTASGSVFTN YGISWVRQAPGQGLEWMG GIIPLFGAAK YAQKFQGRVTITADESTKTVYMELSRLTSKDTAIYFCAK APRVYEYYFDQ WGQGTPVTVSS TCN-535(5246_P19) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 915) NYGISCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 916) GIIPLFGAAKYAQKFQG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 917)APRVYEYYFDQ TCN-535 (5246_P19) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 918) GSVFTN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 919) GIIPLFGAAK CDR 3: (SEQID NO: 917) APRVYEYYFDQ TCN-535 (5246_P19) light chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 920)GAAATTGTGTTGACGCAGTCTCCAGGCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAGCAGTCAATTAGCCTGGTACCAGCAAAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCATCATCTATGGTGCGTCCACCAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGACAGGTTCAGTGGAAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCGGCAGACTGGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTGTTTTTCTGTCAGCAGTATAGTACCTCACCTCCGACGTTCGGCCAAGGGACCAAGGTGGATTTCAAA TCN-535 (5246_P19) light chain variable regionamino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQID NO: 921) EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSC RASQSVSSSQLA WYQQKPGQAPRLIIY GASTRATGIPDRFSGSGSGT DFTLTIGRLEPEDFAVFFC QQYSTSPPT FGQGTKVIDEK TCN-535(5246_P19) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 922) RASQSVSSSQLACDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 755) GASTRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 923) QQYSTSPPTTCN-535 (5246_P19) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 922)RASQSVSSSQLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 755) GASTRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 923)QQYSTSPPT TCN-536 (5095_N01) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 924)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTGGGGCGCAGGACTGTTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCGCTGTCTATGGTGGGTCCTTCAGTGTCAGTGGTTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCAGGGAGGGGGCTGGAGTGGATTGGGGAAATCAGTCATGGTGGAAGCACCAACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCAGTGGACACGACCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAGACTGAGCTCTGTGACCGCCGCGGACACGGCCGTCTATTACTGTGCGAGAGGGACAGACCCTGACACGGAAGTATATTGTCGTGTTGGTAACTGCGCGGCCTTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAAGCCTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA TCN-536 (5095_N01) gamma heavy chain variable regionamino acid sequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQID NO: 925) QVQLQQWGAGLLKPSETLSLTCAVYGGSFSVSG YYWSWIRQPPGRGLEWIGEISHGGSTN YNPSLKS RVTISVDTTKNQFSLRLSSVTAADTAVYYCAR GTDPDTEVYCRVGNCAAFDYWGQGSLVTVSS TCN-536 (5095_N01) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQID NO: 926) VSGYYWS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 927) EISHGGSTNYNPSLKS CDR 3: (SEQID NO: 928) GTDPDTEVYCRVGNCAAFDY TCN-536 (5095_N01) gamma heavy chainChothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 929) GGSFSVSG CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 930)EISHGGSTN CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 928) GTDPDTEVYCRVGNCAAFDY TCN-536(5095_N01) light chain variable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO:931)GAAATTATATTGGCGCAGTCTCCAGGCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAGAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGCCAGTTTGTTAGCACCAGATCCCTGGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAGACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGACTCCTCATCTATGGTGCATCCAGCAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGACAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACGCTCACCATCAGCAGACTGGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTGTATTACTGTCAGCACTATGGTTACTCACCTAGGTACGCTTTTGGCCAGGGGTCCAAGGTTGAGATCAAA TCN-536 (5095_N01) light chain variableregion amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined)(SEQ ID NO: 932) EIILAQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSC RASQFVSTRSLA WYQQRPGQAPRLLIYGASSRAT GIPDRFSGSGSGT DFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYC QHYGYSPRYA FGQGSKVEIK TCN-536(5095_N01) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 933) RASQFVSTRSLACDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 768) GASSRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 934) QHYGYSPRYATCN-536 (5095_N01) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 933)RASQFVSTRSLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 768) GASSRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 934)QHYGYSPRYA TCN-537 (3194_D21) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 935)CAGGTGCAGCTCCAACAGTGGGGCTCAGGACTGTTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCGCTGTCTATGGTGGGTCCTTCAGAGATGACTACTGGACCTGGATTCGCCAGCCCCCAGGCAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATTGGGGAAATCAATCATAGTGGAAGAACCAACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCCCTGAAACAGTTCTCCTTGAAGGTGATTTCTGTGACCGCCGCGGACACGGCTGTTTATTACTGTGCGAGAGGGACGAGCCATGTTTCCCGGTATTTTGATTGGTTACCACCCACCAACTGGTTCGACCCCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCAGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-537 (3194_D21) gamma heavy chain variable region aminoacid sequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO:936) QVQLQQWGSGLLKPSETLSLTCAVYGGSFRD DYWTWIRQPPGKGLEWIG EINHSGRTNYNPSLKSRV TISVDTSLKQFSLKVISVTAADTAVYYCAR GTSHVSRYFDWLPPTNWFDPWGQGTQVTVSS TCN-537 (3194_D21) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQID NO: 937) DDYWT CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 938) EINHSGRTNYNPSLKS CDR 3: (SEQID NO: 939) GTSHVSRYFDWLPPTNWFDP TCN-537 (3194_D21) gamma heavy chainChothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 940) GGSFRD CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 941)EINHSGRTN CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 939) GTSHVSRYFDWLPPTNWFDP TCN-537(3194_D21) light chain variable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO:942)GACATTGTGTTGACGCAGTCTCCAGGCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAGCAGCTACTTAGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCGTCATGTATGGTGCAGCCACCAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGACAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGCCAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGACTGGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAATGTATTACTGTCAGCAGTATGGTAACTCACCGATCACCTTCGGCCAAGGGACACGACTGGAGATCAAA TCN-537 (3194_D21) light chain variable regionamino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQID NO: 943) DIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSC RASQSVSSSYLA WYQQKPGQAPRLVMY GAATRATGIPDRFSGSGS GPDFTLTISRLEPEDFAMYYC QQYGNSPIT FGQGTRLEIK TCN-537(3194_D21) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 944) RASQSVSSSYLACDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 945) GAATRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 946) QQYGNSPITTCN-537 (3194_D21) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 944)RASQSVSSSYLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 945) GAATRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 946)QQYGNSPIT TCN-538 (3206_O17) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 947)CAGATCACCTTGAAGGAGTCTGGTCCTACACTGGTGAAACCCACACAGACCCTCACACTGACCTGCGTCTTCTCTGGGTTCTCACTCAGCATTACTGGAGTGCGTGTGGGCTGGATCCGTCAGCCCCCAGGAAAGGCCCTGGAGTGGCTTGCACTCATTTCTTGGGATGATGAAAAGCACTACAGCCCATCTCTGCAGAGTAGGCTCACCATCACCAAGGACACCTCCAAAAACCAGGTGGTCCTTACAATGACCAACCTGGACCCTGTCGACACAGCCACATATTACTGTGCACGGTCAACCGACAGGGGCCACGTCTTACGATATTTTGGCTGGATGTTACCGGGTGATGCATTTGATGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACAATGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-538 (3206_O17) gamma heavy chain variableregion amino acid sequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRsunderlined) (SEQ ID NO: 948) QITLKESGPTLVKPTQTLTLTCVFSGFSLSITGVRVGWIRQPPGKALEWLA LISWDDEKH YSPSLQSRL TITKDTSKNQVVLTMTNLDPVDTATYYCARSTDRGHVLRYFGWMLPGDAFDV WGQGTMVTVSS TCN-538 (3206_O17) gamma heavy chainKabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 949) ITGVRVG CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 950)LISWDDEKHYSPSLQS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 951) STDRGHVLRYFGWMLPGDAFDV TCN-538(3206_O17) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 952)GFSLSITG CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 953) LISWDDEKH CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 951)STDRGHVLRYFGWMLPGDAFDV TCN-538 (3206_O17) light chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 954)GACATCGTGATGACCCAGTCTCCAGACTTCCTGCCTGTGTCTCTGGGCGAGAGGGCCACCATCAACTGCAAGTCCAGCCAGAGAGTTTTATACAGCTCCAACAATAAAAACTACTTAGCTTGGTACCAGCTGAAACCAGGGCAGCCTCCTAAGTTGATCATTTATTGGGCATCTACCCGGGAATCCGGGGTCCCTGACCGATTCAGTGGCAGCGGGTCTGGGACAGAATTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGGCTGAAGATGTGGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAACAATATTATAGTCGTCCGTACACTTTTGGCCAGGGGACCAAGCTCGAGATCAAA TCN-538 (3206_O17) light chainvariable region amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRsunderlined) (SEQ ID NO: 955) DIVMTQSPDFLPVSLGERATINC KSSQRVLYSSNNKNYLAWYQLKPGQPPKLIIY WASTRES GVPDRFS GSGSGTEFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYYC QQYYSRPYTFGQGTKLEIK TCN-538 (3206_O17) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO:956) KSSQRVLYSSNNKNYLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 957) WASTRES CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 958) QQYYSRPYT TCN-538 (3206_O17) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 956) KSSQRVLYSSNNKNYLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 957) WASTRES CDR3: (SEQ ID NO: 958) QQYYSRPYT TCN-539 (5056_A08) heavy chain variableregion nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 959)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCGTGGTCCAGCCTGGGAGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGAAATCACCTTCATTACCTATGCTATGCACTGGGTCCGCCAGGCCCCAGGCAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTGGCACTTATATCAGATGATGGAAGCAATAAATTCTACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATTCCAAGAACACGCTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCTGAGGACACGGCTGCTTATTACTGTGCGAGAGAAGGGGTTTACTTTGATTCGGGGACTTATAGGGGCTACTTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGAAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGCTCN-539 (5056_A08) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acidsequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 960)QVQLVESGGGVVQPGRSLRLSCAASEITFIT YAMHWVRQAPGKGLEWVA LISDDGSNKF YADSVKGRFTISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAAYYCAR EGVYFDSGTYRGYFDY WGQETLVTVSS TCN-539(5056_A08) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 961) TYAMHCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 962) LISDDGSNKFYADSVKG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 963)EGVYFDSGTYRGYFDY TCN-539 (5056_A08) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR1: (SEQ ID NO: 964) EITFIT CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 965) LISDDGSNKF CDR 3:(SEQ ID NO: 963) EGVYFDSGTYRGYFDY TCN-539 (5056_A08) light chainvariable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 966)GAAATTGTGTTGACACAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAGCTACTTAGCCTGGTACCAACAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGATGCATCCAACAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGCCAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTAGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGCGTAGCCACTGGCCTCCGATCACCTTCGGCCAAGGGACACGACTGGAGATCAAA TCN-539 (5056_A08) light chain variable regionamino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQID NO: 967) EIVLTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSC RASQSVSSYLA WYQQKPGQAPRLLIY DASNRATGIPARFSGSGSGTD FTLTISSLEPEDFAVYYC QQRSHWPPIT FGQGTRLEIK TCN-539(5056_A08) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 968) RASQSVSSYLACDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 969) DASNRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 970) QQRSHWPPITTCN-539 (5056_A08) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 968)RASQSVSSYLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 969) DASNRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 970)QQRSHWPPIT TCN-540 (5060_F05) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 971)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTACAATCTGGGGGAGGCGTGGTCCAGCCTGGGAGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCTTCAGTAGCTACGCCATGCACTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGCAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTGGCTATTATATCATACGACGGAAATGATCAATACTATACAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAGCTCCAAAGTGTATCTCCAAATGCACAGGCTGAGACCTGAGGACACGGCTGTTTATTACTGTGCGAAAGAATTTGAAACTAGTGGTTATTTTCATGGGAGTTTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAATCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-540(5060_F05) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acid sequence: (KabatCDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 972)QVQLVQSGGGVVQPGRSLRLSCAASGFTFSS YAMHWVRQAPGKGLEWVA IISYDGNDQY YTDSVKGRFTISRDSSKVYLQMHRLRPEDTAVYYCAK EFETSGYFHGSFDY WGQGILVTVSS TCN-540(5060_F05) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 973) SYAMHCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 974) IISYDGNDQYYTDSVKG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 975)EFETSGYFHGSFDY TCN-540 (5060_F05) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 976) GFTFSS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 977) IISYDGNDQY CDR 3: (SEQID NO: 975) EFETSGYFHGSFDY TCN-540 (5060_F05) light chain variableregion nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 978)CAGTCTGCCCTGACTCAGCCTGCCTCCGTGTCTGGGTCTCCTGGACAGTCGATCACCATCTCCTGCACTGGAACCAGCAGTGACGTTGGTGGTTATAACTATGTCTCCTGGTACCAACAACACCCAGGCAAAGCCCCCAAACTCTTGATTTATGAGGTCACTAATTGGCCCTCAGGGGTTTCTAATCGCTTCTCTGGCTCCAAGTCTGGCAACACGGCCTCCCTGACAATCTCTGGGCTCCAGGCTGAGGACGAGGCTGACTATTACTGCAGCTCATATGCGGGCAGCAGCACTTGGGTGTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAGGGTGACCGTTCTA TCN-540 (5060_F05) light chain variableregion amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined)(SEQ ID NO: 979) QSALTQPASVSGSPGQSITISC TGTSSDVGGYNYVS WYQQHPGKAPKLLIYEVTNWPS GVSNRFSGSK SGNTASLTISGLQAEDEADYYC SSYAGSSTWV FGGGTRVTVL TCN-540(5060_F05) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 980)TGTSSDVGGYNYVS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 981) EVTNWPS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 982)SSYAGSSTWV TCN-540 (5060_F05) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ IDNO: 980) TGTSSDVGGYNYVS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 981) EVTNWPS CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 982) SSYAGSSTWV TCN-541 (5062_M11) heavy chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 983)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCAATAGTTACTACTGGAACTGGATCCGGCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGCTATATCTATCACAGTGGGAGCACCAACTACAACCCCTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATTTCGGTAGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGCAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACCGCCGCAGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGACTCCGGACGGACTACGGTGACCCCGACTCGGTATACTACTACGGTATGGACGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-541 (5062_M11) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acidsequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 984)QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSINS YYWNWIRQPPGKGLEWIG YIYHSGSTN YNPSLKSRVTISVDTSKNQFSLQLSSVTAADTAVYYCAR LRTDYGDPDSVYYYGMDV WGQGTTVTVSS TCN-541(5062_M11) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 985) SYYWNCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 986) YIYHSGSTNYNPSLKS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 987)LRTDYGDPDSVYYYGMDV TCN-541 (5062_M11) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs:CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 988) GGSINS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 989) YIYHSGSTN CDR 3:(SEQ ID NO: 987) LRTDYGDPDSVYYYGMDV TCN-541 (5062_M11) light chainvariable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 990)TCCTATGAGCTGACACAGCCACCCTCGGTGTCAGTGTCCCCAGGACAGACGGCCAGGATCACCTGCTCTGGAGATGCATTGCCAAAGCAAAATGCTTATTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCAGGCCAGGCCCCTGTGCTGCTGATATATAAAGACAGTGAGAGGCCCTCAGGGATCCCTGAGCGATTCTCTGGCTCCAGCTCAGGGACAACAGTCACGTTGACCATCAGTGGAGTCCAGGCAGAGGACGAGGCTGACTATTACTGTCAATCAGCAGACAGCAGTGGTACTTCTTGGGTGTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAACTGACCGTTCTA TCN-541 (5062_M11) light chain variable regionamino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQID NO: 991) SYELTQPPSVSVSPGQTARITC SGDALPKQNAY WYQQKPGQAPVLLIY KDSERPSGIPERFSGSSSGTT VTLTISGVQAEDEADYYC QSADSSGTSWV FGGGTKLTVL TCN-541(5062_M11) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 994) SGDALPKQNAYCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 995) KDSERPS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 996) QSADSSGTSWVTCN-541 (5062_M11) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 994)SGDALPKQNAY CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 995) KDSERPS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 996)QSADSSGTSWV TCN-542 (5079_A16) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 992)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCACAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCAGCAGTGGTAATTACTACTGGAACTGGGTCCGCCAGCACCCAGGGAAGGGCCTGGAGTGGATTGGGTACATCTATTACAGAGGGAGCACCTTCTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTGACCATATCAATAGACACGTCTAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAGGCTGAGCTCTGTGACGGCCGCGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAAGGATACAAGGTCGAGCCTAGACAATTACCAGTACGGTATGGACGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCACCGTCTCGAGCTCN-542 (5079_A16) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acidsequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 993)QVQLQESGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCTVSGGSISSGN YYWNWVRQHPGKGLEWIG YIYYRGSTF YNPSLKSRVTISIDTSKNQFSLRLSSVTAADTAVYYCAK DTRSSLDNYQYGMDV WGQGTTVTVSS TCN-542(5079_A16) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 997) SGNYYWNCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 998) YIYYRGSTFYNPSLKS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 999)DTRSSLDNYQYGMDV TCN-542 (5079_A16) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR1: (SEQ ID NO: 1000) GGSISSGN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1001) YIYYRGSTF CDR 3:(SEQ ID NO: 999) DTRSSLDNYQYGMDV TCN-542 (5079_A16) light chain variableregion nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1002)CAGACTGTGGTGACTCAGGAGCCCTCACTGACTGTGTCCCCAGGAGGGACAGTCACTCTCACCTGTGCTTCCAGCACTGGAGCAGTCACCAGTAGTTACTTTCCAAACTGGTTCCAGCAGAAACCTGGACAAGCGCCCAGGCCACTGATTTATAGTACAACTATCAGACACTCCTGGACCCCGGCCCGATTCTCAGGCTCCCTCCTTGGGGGCAAAGCTGCCCTGACACTGTCAGGTGTGCAGCCTGAGGACGAGGCTGACTATTACTGCCTGCTCTACTCTGGTGGTGATCCAGTGGCTTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAACTGACCGTTCTA TCN-542 (5079_A16) light chain variableregion amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined)(SEQ ID NO: 1003) QTVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTC ASSTGAVTSSYFPN WFQQKPGQAPRPLIYSTTIRHS WTPARFSGSLL GGKAALTLSGVQPEDEADYYC LLYSGGDPVA FGGGTKLTVL TCN-542(5079_A16) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1004)ASSTGAVTSSYFPN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1005) STTIRHS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1006)LLYSGGDPVA TCN-542 (5079_A16) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ IDNO: 1004) ASSTGAVTSSYFPN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1005) STTIRHS CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 1006) LLYSGGDPVA TCN-543 (5081_G23) heavy chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1007)CAGGTTCATCTGGTGCAGTCTGGAGCTGAGGTGAGGAAGCCTGGGGACTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGTAAGACTTCTGGTTACACCTTTTCCACCTATCCTGTCGCCTGGGTGCGACAGGTCCCCGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGATGGATCAGCACTTACAATGGAAACACAAACTTTGCACAGAACTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCCTGACCACAGACACAACCACGAACACAGCCTACATGGAAGTGAGGAGCCTGAAATTTGACGACACGGCCGTCTATTACTGTGCGAGAGTGGAAGGCTCGTACAGGGATTTTTGGAATAATCAAAACAGATTCGACCCCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-543 (5081_G23) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acidsequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO:1008) QVHLVQSGAEVRKPGDSVKVSCKTSGYTFST YPVAWVRQVPGQGLEWMG WISTYNGNTNFAQNFQ GRVTLTTDTTTNTAYMEVRSLKFDDTAVYYCAR VEGSYRDFWNNQNRFDP WGQGTLVTVSSTCN-543 (5081_G23) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO:1009) TYPVA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1010) WISTYNGNTNFAQNFQG CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 1011) VEGSYRDFWNNQNRFDP TCN-543 (5081_G23) gamma heavy chain ChothiaCDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1012) GYTFST CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1013)WISTYNGNTN CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1011) VEGSYRDFWNNQNRFDP TCN-543 (5081_G23)light chain variable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1014)TCCTATGTACTGACTCAGCCACCCTCGGTGTCAGTGGCCCCAGGACAGACGGCCAGGATTTCCTGTGGGGGAAGCAACATTGGAGGGAAAAGTGTGCACTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCAGGCCAGGCCCCTGTGCTGGTCGTCTATGATGATAGCGGCCGGCCCTCAGGGATCCCTGAGCGATTCTCTGGCTCCAACTCTGGGGACACGGCCACCCTGACCATCAGCAGGGTCGAAGCCGGGGATGAGGCCGACTATTTCTGTCAGGTGTGGGATAATTTCGGGGGAGTCTTCGGAACTGGGACCAAGGTCACCGTTCTA TCN-543 (5081_G23) light chain variable region aminoacid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO:1015) SYVLTQPPSVSVAPGQTARISC GGSNIGGKSVH WYQQKPGQAPVLVVY DDSGRPSGIPERFSGSNSGD TATLTISRVEAGDEADYFC QVWDNFGGV FGTGTKVTVL TCN-543(5081_G23) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1016) GGSNIGGKSVHCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1017) DDSGRPS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1018) QVWDNFGGVTCN-543 (5081_G23) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1016)GGSNIGGKSVH CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1017) DDSGRPS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1018)QVWDNFGGV TCN-544 (5082_A19) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1019)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGGCTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTCGTGGCTCCATCGGTCATTACTTCTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGTTATATCTCTTACAGTGGGAGCACCAAGTACAACCCCTCCCTCAGGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAATCTGAACTCTGTCACCGCTACGGACACGGCCCTATATTACTGTGCGAGAGAGGATTACGATATTTTGACTGGGGCGGGACCCGGTATGGAGGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCACCGTCTCGAGCTCN-544 (5082_A19) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acidsequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO:1020) QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSRGSIGH YFWSWIRQPPGKGLEWIG YISYSGSTKYNPSLRSRVTIS VDTSKNQFSLNLNSVTATDTALYYCAR EDYDILTGAGPGMEV WGQGTTVTVSSTCN-544 (5082_A19) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO:1021) HYFWS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1022) YISYSGSTKYNPSLRS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO:1023) EDYDILTGAGPGMEV TCN-544 (5082_A19) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs:CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1024) RGSIGH CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1025) YISYSGSTK CDR3: (SEQ ID NO: 1023) EDYDILTGAGPGMEV TCN-544 (5082_A19) light chainvariable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1026)CAGTCTATGTTGACTCAGCCACCCTCAGCGTCTGGGACCCCCGGGCAGAGGGTCACCATCTCTTGTTCTGGGAGCAGCTCCAACATCGGAAGTAATACTGTCAACTGGTTCAAACATCTCCCAGGAACGGCCCCCAAACTCCTCATCTACAGAAATGATCTGCGGCCCTCAGGGGTCCCTGACCGATTCTCTGGCTCCAAGTCTGGCACCTCAGCCTCCCTGGCCATCAGTGGGCTCCAGTCTGAGGATGAGGCTGATTATTACTGTGCAACATGGGATGACAGCCTGAATGGTTTTTATGTCTTCGGAACTGGGACCAAAGTCACCGTTCTA TCN-544 (5082_A19) light chainvariable region amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRsunderlined) (SEQ ID NO: 1027) QSMLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTISC SGSSSNIGSNTVNWFKHLPGTAPKLLIY RNDLRPS GVPDRFSGSKSGT SASLAISGLQSEDEADYYC ATWDDSLNGFYVFGTGTKVTVL TCN-544 (5082_A19) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO:1028) SGSSSNIGSNTVN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1029) RNDLRPS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO:1030) ATWDDSLNGFYV TCN-544 (5082_A19) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 1028) SGSSSNIGSNTVN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1029) RNDLRPS CDR 3:(SEQ ID NO: 1030) ATWDDSLNGFYV TCN-545 (5082_I15) heavy chain variableregion nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1031)CAGGTGCAGCTACAGCAGTGGGGCGCAGGACTGTTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCTCCTGCGCTGTCTTTGGTGGGTCCTTCAGTGATTACTACTGGACCTGGATACGCCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATTGGCGAAATCAAACATAGTGGAAGAACCAACTACAACCCGTCCCTTGAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCAGTGGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTTTCCCTGAAACTGAGTTCTGTGACCGCCGCGGACACGGCTATATATTATTGTGCGAGAGGGACAGACCCTGACACGGAGGGATATTGTCGTAGTGGTAGCTGCTCGGCCTTTGACTTCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-545 (5082_I15) gamma heavy chain variable region aminoacid sequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO:1032) QVQLQQWGAGLLKPSETLSLSCAVF GGSFS D YYWTWIRQPPGKGLEWIG EIKHSGRTNYNPSLESRV TISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTAIYYCAR GTDPDTEGYCRSGSCSAFDFWGQGTLVTVSS TCN-545 (5082_I15) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQID NO: 1033) DYYWT CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1034) EIKHSGRTNYNPSLES CDR 3: (SEQID NO: 1035) GTDPDTEGYCRSGSCSAFDF TCN-545 (5082_I15) gamma heavy chainChothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1036) GGSFSD CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1037)EIKHSGRTN CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1035) GTDPDTEGYCRSGSCSAFDF TCN-545(5082_I15) light chain variable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO:1038)GAAATTGTGTTGACGCAGTCTCCAGGCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCACTTTGTGAACTACAGGTCCTTAGCCTGGTACCAGCAGACACCTGGCCAGGTTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGGTGCGTCCACCAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGACAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGACTGGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTGTATTTCTGTCAGCAGTATGGTGGCTCACCTAGGTACACTTTTGGCCAGGGGACCAGGCTGGAGATCAAA TCN-545 (5082_I15) light chain variableregion amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined)(SEQ ID NO: 1039) EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSC RASHFVNYRSLA WYQQTPGQVPRLLIYGASTRAT GIPDRFSGSGSGT DFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYFC QQYGGSPRYT FGQGTRLEIK TCN-545(5082_I15) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1040) RASHFVNYRSLACDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 755) GASTRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1041) QQYGGSPRYTTCN-545 (5082_I15) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1040)RASHFVNYRSLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 755) GASTRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1041)QQYGGSPRYT TCN-546 (5089_L08) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1042)CAGGTGCAGCTACAGCAGTGGGGCGCAGGACTGTTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCGGTGTCTATGGTGGGTCCCTCAGTGATTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATTGGAGAAATCAATCATAGTGGAGGCACCAACTACAATCCGTCCCTCAAGAGACGAGTCACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCAAAGAAGCAATTCTCCCTGAAGATGAACTCTGTGACCGCCGCGGACACGGCTGTATATTACTGTGCGAGAGGGACAGACCCTGACACGGAAGTATATTGTCGTGCTGGTAACTGCGCGGCCTTTGACTTCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-546 (5089_L08) gamma heavy chain variable region aminoacid sequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO:1043) QVQLQQWGAGLLKPSETLSLTCGVYGGSLSD YYWSWIRQPPGKGLEWIG EINHSGGTNYNPSLKRRV TISVDTSKKQFSLKMNSVTAADTAVYYCAR GTDPDTEVYCRAGNCAAFDFWGQGTLVTVSS TCN-546 (5089_L08) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQID NO: 1044) DYYWS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1045) EINHSGGTNYNPSLKR CDR 3: (SEQID NO: 1046) GTDPDTEVYCRAGNCAAFDF TCN-546 (5089_L08) gamma heavy chainChothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1047) GGSLSD CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1048)EINHSGGTN CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1046) GTDPDTEVYCRAGNCAAFDF TCN-546(5089_L08) light chain variable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO:1049)GAAATTGTGTTGACGCAGTCTCCAGGCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAGAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCCGGGCCAGTCACTTTGTTATAGGCAGGGCTGTAGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTACGGTGCATCCAGCAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCGGACAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGACTGGAGACTGAAGATTTTGCTGTGTTTTACTGTCAGCACTATGGTAGCTCACCTAGGTACGCTTTTGGCCAGGGGACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAA TCN-546 (5089_L08) light chain variableregion amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined)(SEQ ID NO: 1050) EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSC RASHFVIGRAVA WYQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASSRAT GIPDRFSGSGSGT DFTLTISRLETEDFAVFYC QHYGSSPRYAF GQGTKLEIK TCN-546(5089_L08) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1051) RASHFVIGRAVACDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 768) GASSRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1052) QHYGSSPRYAFTCN-546 (5089_L08) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1051)RASHFVIGRAVA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 768) GASSRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1052)QHYGSSPRYAF TCN-547 (5092_F11) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1053)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCACAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGACTCCATTAGTAGTGTTGATCACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGCCAACACCCAGTGAAGGGCCTGGAGTGGATTGGGTTCATGTATTACAGTGCGAGCACCTATTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTTACCATATCAACGGACACGTCTAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAGGCTGAGTTCTGTGACTGCCGCGGACACGGCCGTATATTACTGTGCGAGAGGCACTTGTGCTGGTGACTGCTCCCTTCACTACTACTACTACGGTTTGGACGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGAGGACGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-547 (5092_F11) gamma heavy chain variable region aminoacid sequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO:1054) QVQLQESGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCTVSGDSISSVD HYWSWIRQHPVKGLEWIG FMYYSASTYYNPSLKSR VTISTDTSKNQFSLRLSSVTAADTAVYYCAR GTCAGDCSLHYYYYGLDV WGQGRTVTVSSTCN-547 (5092_F11) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO:1055) SVDHYWS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1056) FMYYSASTYYNPSLKS CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 1057) GTCAGDCSLHYYYYGLDV TCN-547 (5092_F11) gamma heavy chainChothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1058) GDSISSVD CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1059)FMYYSASTY CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1057) GTCAGDCSLHYYYYGLDV TCN-547 (5092_F11)light chain variable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1060)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCAGCTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCACAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGGTCCTGATGTATGCTGTATCCATTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGGCAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACAGAGTTACAGTTCCCCGCTCACTTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTGGAGATCAAA TCN-547 (5092_F11) light chain variable regionamino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQID NO: 1061) DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITC RASQSISSYLN WYQHKPGKAPKVLMY AVSILQSGVPSRFSGSGSGA DFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYC QQSYSSPL TFGGGTKVEIK TCN-547(5092_F11) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1062) RASQSISSYLNCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1063) AVSILQS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1064) QQSYSSPLTTCN-547 (5092_F11) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1062)RASQSISSYLN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1063) AVSILQS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1064)QQSYSSPLT TCN-548 (5092_P01) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1065)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTAGTGGCCCCATGAGTGATTATTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGCATGTCTCTGTCTCTCACGGAGGGAGGACCAAATCCAATCCCTCCGTCATGAGTCGAGTCACCATTTCAGTAGAAACGTCCAAGAACCAATTCTCCCTGAAACTGACCTCCGTGACCGCTGCGGACACGGCCGTTTATTACTGTGCGAGATTAAATTACTATGATAGAAGTGGTTATCATTCGCCTGACGGCCCCTCGAACAACTGGTTCGACCCCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-548 (5092_P01) gamma heavy chain variableregion amino acid sequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRsunderlined) (SEQ ID NO: 1066) QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSSGPMSDYYWSWIRQPPGKGLEWIG HVSVSHGGRTK SNPSVMS RVTISVETSKNQFSLKLTSVTAADTAVYYCARLNYYDRSGYHSPDGPSNNWFDP WGQGTLVTVSS TCN-548 (5092_P01) gamma heavy chainKabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1044) DYYWS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1067)HVSVSHGGRTKSNPSVMS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1068) LNYYDRSGYHSPDGPSNNWFDPTCN-548 (5092_P01) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO:1069) SGPMSD CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1070) HVSVSHGGRTK CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO:1068) LNYYDRSGYHSPDGPSNNWFDP TCN-548 (5092_P01) light chain variableregion nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1071)GACATCGTGATGACCCAGTCTCCAGACTCCCTGGCTGTGTCTCTGGGCGAGAGGGCCACCATCAACTGCAAGTCCAGCCAGAGTGTTTTATACAGCTCCAACAATAAGAACTACTTAGCTTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGCCTCCTAAGCTGCTCATTTACTGGGCATCTACCCGGGAATCCGGGGTCCCTGACCGAATCAGCGGCAGCGGGTCTGGGGCAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGGCTGAAGATGTGGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGTATTTTGCTACTCCTCGGACGTTCGGCCAAGGGACCAAGGTGGAAATCAAA TCN-548 (5092_P01) light chainvariable region amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRsunderlined) (SEQ ID NO: 1072) DIVMTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINC KSSQSVLYSSNNKNYLAWYQQKPGQPPKLLIY WASTRES GVPDRI SGSGSGADFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYYC QQYFATPRTFGQGTKVEIK TCN-548 (5092_P01) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO:1073) KSSQSVLYSSNNKNYLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 957) WASTRES CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 1074) QQYFATPRT TCN-548 (5092_P01) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 1073) KSSQSVLYSSNNKNYLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 957) WASTRES CDR3: (SEQ ID NO: 1074) QQYFATPRT TCN-549 (5092_P04) heavy chain variableregion nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1075)CAGGTACAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGATACACCTTCACCGGCTACTATATGCACTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGATGGATCAACCCTAACAGTGGTGACACAAACTATGCACAGAAGTTTCAGGGCAGGGTCACCATGACCAGGGACACGTCCATCACCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGACGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGATTCCCCCTATAGCAGCAGCTGGTCCTTCTTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGACCCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGCTCN-549 (5092_P04) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acidsequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO:1076) QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTG YYMHWVRQAPGQGLEWMG WINPNSGDTNYAQKF QGRVTMTRDTSVITAYMELSSLRSDDTAVYYCAR DSPYSSSWSFFDY CWGQGPLVTVSSTCN-549 (5092_P04) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO:1077) GYYMH CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1078) WINPNSGDTNYAQKFQG CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 1079) DSPYSSSWSFFDY TCN-549 (5092_P04) gamma heavy chain ChothiaCDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1080) GYTFTG CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1081)WINPNSGDTN CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1079) DSPYSSSWSFFDY TCN-549 (5092_P04)light chain variable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1082)GACATCGTGATGACCCAGTCTCCAGACTCCCTGGCTGTGTCTCTGGGCGAGAGGGCCACCATCAACTGCAAGTCCAGCCAGAGTGTTTTATACAGCTCCAACAATAAGAGCCACTTAGCTTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGCCTCCTAAGTTGCTCATTTACTGGGCATCTACCCGGGAATCCGGGGTCCCTGACCGATTCAGTGGCAGCGGGTCTGGGACAGATTTCACCCTCATCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGGCTGAGGATGTGGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAATATTATTTTTCTCCCCTCACTTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTGGAGATCAAA TCN-549 (5092_P04) light chainvariable region amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRsunderlined) (SEQ ID NO: 1083) DIVMTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINC KSSQSVLYSSNNKSHLAWYQQKPGQPPKLLIY WASTRES GVPDRF SGSGSGTDFTLIISSLQAEDVAVYYC QQYYFSPLTFGGGTKVEIK TCN-549 (5092_P04) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO:1084) KSSQSVLYSSNNKSHLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 957) WASTRES CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 1085) QQYYFSPLT TCN-549 (5092_P04) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 1084) KSSQSVLYSSNNKSHLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 957) WASTRES CDR3: (SEQ ID NO: 1085) QQYYFSPLT TCN-550 (5096_F06) heavy chain variableregion nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1086)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGCCTCCATCAATAGTCACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGTATGTCTATTACAGTGGGAGCACCACCTACAACCCCTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCTTATCAGTAGATACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAACCTGAGCTCTGTGACCGCCGCAGACACGGCCTTCTATTACTGTGCGAGACATCCCTACGATGTTTTGACTGGTTCCGGGGACTGGTTCGACCCCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGCTCN-550 (5096_F06) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acidsequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO:1087) QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGASINSH YWSWIRQPPGKGLEWIG YVYYSGSTTYNPSLKSRVT LSVDTSKNQFSLNLSSVTAADTAFYYCAR HPYDVLTGSGDWFDP WGQGTLVTVSSTCN-550 (5096_F06) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO:1088) SHYWS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1089) YVYYSGSTTYNPSLKS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO:1090) HPYDVLTGSGDWFDP TCN-550 (5096_F06) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs:CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1091) GASINSH CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1092) YVYYSGSTT CDR3: (SEQ ID NO: 1090) HPYDVLTGSGDWFDP TCN-550 (5096_F06) light chainvariable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1093)TCCTATGTTCTGACTCAGGCACCCTCGGTGTCAGTGGCCCCAGGACAGACGGCCAGGATTACCTGTGGGGGAAATGCCATTGGAAGTAAAAAAGTTCACTGGTACCAGCACAAGGCAGGCCAGGCCCCTGTACTCGTCGTCTATGATGATACAGACCGGCCCTCAGGGATCCCTGAGCGATTCTCTGGCTCCAACTCTTGGAGCACGGCCACCCTGACCATCAACAGGGTCGAAGCCGGGGATGAGGCCGACTATTACTGTCAGGTGTGGGATTTTACCATTGATCATGTGGTCTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGCTGACCGTTCTA TCN-550 (5096_F06) light chain variable regionamino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQID NO: 1094) SYVLTQAPSVSVAPGQTARITC GGNAIGSKKVH WYQHKAGQAPVLVVY DDTDRPSGIPERFSGSNSW STATLTINRVEAGDEADYYC QVWDFTIDHVV FGGGTKLTVL TCN-550(5096_F06) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1095) GGNAIGSKKVHCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1096) DDTDRPS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1097) QVWDFTIDHVVTCN-550 (5096_F06) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1095)GGNAIGSKKVH CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1096) DDTDRPS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1097)QVWDFTIDHVV TCN-551 (5243_D01) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1098)GAGGTGCAACTGGTTCAGTCTGGATCAGAGGTGAAAAAGCCCGGGGAGTCTCTGAAGATCTCCTGTAAGGGTTCTGGCTACAGCTTTAGCAACTACTGGATCGGCTGGGTGCGCCACATGCCCGGGAAAGGCCTGGAATGGATGGGGATCATTTATCCTGGTGACTCTGATACCAGATACAGCCCGTCCTTCCAAGGCCAGGTCACCATGTCAGCCGACAAGTCCAGCAGCACCGTCTACCTGCAGTGGAGCAGCCTGAAGGCCTCGGACACCGCCATTTATTATTGTGCGAGACGGGGCGGACATAGTTTTGGATATGGGTCGGGGGGGGACACGCACAGTGAATTCGACTCCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-551 (5243_D01) gamma heavy chain variable region aminoacid sequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO:1099) EVQLVQSGSEVKKPGESLKISCKGSGYSFSN YWIGWVRHMPGKGLEWMG IIYPGDSDTRYSPSFQGQ VTMSADKSSSTVYLQWSSLKASDTAIYYCAR RGGHSFGYGSGGDTHSEFDSWGQGTLVTVSS TCN-551 (5243_D01) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQID NO: 1100) NYWIG CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1101) IIYPGDSDTRYSPSFQG CDR 3:(SEQ ID NO: 1102) RGGHSFGYGSGGDTHSEFDS TCN-551 (5243_D01) gamma heavychain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1103) GYSFSN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO:1104) IIYPGDSDTR CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1102) RGGHSFGYGSGGDTHSEFDS TCN-551(5243_D01) light chain variable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO:1105)CAGTCTGTATTGACGCAGTCGCCCTCAGTGTCTGCGGCCCCAGGACAGAAGGTCACCATCTCCTGCTCTGGAAGCGACTCCAACATTGGTGATTATTTTGTATGTTGGTACCAGCACCTCCCAGGAAAACCCCCCCAACTCCTCATCTATGAAAATAATAAGCGACCCTCAGGGATTCCTGACCGATTCTCTGGCTCCAAGTCTGGCACGTCAGCCACCCTGGGCATCACCGGAATCCAGACCGGGGACGAGGCCGATTACTACTGCGCAACTTGGGATGGCAGCCTGAGTGCTTGGGTGTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGCTGACCGTTCTA TCN-551 (5243_D01) light chain variableregion amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined)(SEQ ID NO: 1106) QSVLTQSPSVSAAPGQKVTISC SGSDSNIGDYFVC WYQHLPGKPPQLLIYENNKRPS GIPDRFSGSKSGT SATLGITGIQTGDEADYYC ATWDGSLSAWV FGGGTKLTVL TCN-551(5243_D01) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1107)SGSDSNIGDYFVC CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1108) ENNKRPS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1109)ATWDGSLSAWV TCN-551 (5243_D01) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ IDNO: 1107) SGSDSNIGDYFVC CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1108) ENNKRPS CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 1109) ATWDGSLSAWV TCN-552 (5249_I23) heavy chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1110)CAGGTCCAAGTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAGGGTCTCCTGCCAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCATGAATTATGCTATCATTTGGGTGCGACGGGCCCCTGGACAAGGCCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGGATCATCCCTGTCTTTCCTACACCAAACTACGCACAGATGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACGATTTCCACGGACGAATCCAGGAGCACATCCTTCTTGGAACTGACCAACCTGAGATATGAGGACACGGCCGTTTATTACTGTGCGAGGCGAATTTATCACGGTGGTAACTCCGGCTTTGACTTCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-552(5249_I23) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acid sequence: (KabatCDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 1111)QVQVVQSGAEVKKPGSSVRVSCQASGGTFMN YAIIWVRRAPGQGLEWMG GIIPVFPTPN YAQMFQGRVTISTDESRSTSFLELTNLRYEDTAVYYCAR RIYHGGNSGFDF WGQGTLVTVSS TCN-552(5249_I23) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1112) NYAIICDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1113) GIIPVFPTPNYAQMFQG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1114)RIYHGGNSGFDF TCN-552 (5249_I23) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 1115) GGTFMN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1116) GIIPVFPTPN CDR 3: (SEQID NO: 1114) RIYHGGNSGFDF TCN-552 (5249_I23) light chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1117)GAAATTGTGTTGACACAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTGGCAACTACTTAGCCTGGTACCAACAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGATTCATCCAACAGGGCCCCTGGCATCCCAGCCAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTCGCGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGCGTAGCAAGTGGCCTCCCATGTACAGTTTTGGCCATGGGACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAA TCN-552 (5249_I23) light chain variableregion amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined)(SEQ ID NO: 1118) EIVLTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSC RASQSVGNYLA WYQQKPGQAPRLLIYDSSNRAP GIPARFSGSGSGT DFTLTISSLAPEDFAVYYC QQRSKWPPMYS FGHGTKLEIK TCN-552(5249_I23) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1119) RASQSVGNYLACDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1120) DSSNRAP CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1121) QQRSKWPPMYSTCN-552 (5249_I23) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1119)RASQSVGNYLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1120) DSSNRAP CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1121)QQRSKWPPMYS TCN-553 (5261_C18) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1122)CAGGTCCAGGTGGTGCAGTCTGGGACTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCCAGACTTCTGGAGGCAGGTTCATGAGTTATGCTATCACCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGCATCGTCCCTGTCTTCGGAACAGCAAACTACGCTCAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACGATCACCACGGACGATTCCACGCGCACAGCCTATATGGAGTTGAGCAGCCTGAGAAGTGAGGACACGGCCGTTTATTACTGTGGGTTCCGATACGGCTCTGGTTACGGGTTTGACTCCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-553(5261_C18) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acid sequence: (KabatCDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 1123)QVQVVQSGTEVKKPGSSVKVSCQTSGGRFMS YAITWVRQAPGQGLEWMG GIVPVFGTAN YAQKFQGRVTITTDDSTRTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCGF RYGSGYGFDS WGQGTLVTVSS TCN-553(5261_C18) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1124) SYAITCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1125) GIVPVFGTANYAQKFQG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1126)RYGSGYGFDS TCN-553 (5261_C18) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 1127) GGRFMS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1128) GIVPVFGTAN CDR 3: (SEQID NO: 1126) RYGSGYGFDS TCN-553 (5261_C18) light chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1129)GAAATTGTATTGACGCAGTCTCCAGGCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGTAGCAGCTACTTAGCCTGGTATCAGAAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGGTGCTTCCACTAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCGGACCGGTTCACTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCAGCATCAGTAGACTGGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTGTATTACTGTCAGCACTTTGGTACCTCAGTCTTCACTTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAA TCN-553 (5261_C18) light chain variable regionamino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQID NO: 1130) EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSC RASQSVSSSYLA WYQKKPGQAPRLLIYGASTRAT GIPDRFTGSGSGT DFTLSISRLEPEDFAVYYC QHFGTSVFT FGGGTKVEIK TCN-553(5261_C18) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 944) RASQSVSSSYLACDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 755) GASTRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1131) QHFGTSVFTTCN-553 (5261_C18) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 944)RASQSVSSSYLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 755) GASTRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1131)QHFGTSVFT TCN-554 (5277_M05) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1132)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGATCTGAAGAAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGATACACCTTCACCGACTACTATATTCACTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGATGGATCAACCCTGAAAGTGGTGACACAAAGTATGCACAGAAGTTTCAGGGCAGGGTCACCATGACCAGGGACACGTCCATCACCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGGGTAGGCTGAGATCCGACGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGATGTAAGTACGACCTGGAGCTGGTTCGCCCCCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-554(5277_M05) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acid sequence: (KabatCDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 1133)QVQLVQSGADLKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTD YYIHWVRQAPGQGLEWMG WINPESGDTK YAQKFQGRVTMTRDTSITTAYMELGRLRSDDTAVYYCAR DVSTTWSWFAP WGQGTLVTVSS TCN-554(5277_M05) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1134) DYYIHCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1135) WINPESGDTKYAQKFQG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1136)DVSTTWSWFAP TCN-554 (5277_M05) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 1137) GYTFTD CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1138) WINPESGDTK CDR 3: (SEQID NO: 1136) DVSTTWSWFAP TCN-554 (5277_M05) light chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1139)GACATCGTGATGACCCAGTCTCCAGACTCCCTGGCAGTGTCTCTGGGCGAGAGGGCCACCATCAACTGCAGGTCCAGCCAGAGTATTTTCCACAACTCCAACAATGAGAACTACTTAGCTTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGCCTCCTAAGCTGCTCATTTACTGGGCATCTACCCGGGAATCCGGGGTCCCTGACCGATTCAGTGGCAGCGGGTCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGGCTGAAGATGTGGCGGTTTATTTCTGTCAGCAATATTATAATGCTCCGCTCACTTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTGGAGATCAAA TCN-554 (5277_M05) light chainvariable region amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRsunderlined) (SEQ ID NO: 1140) DIVMTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINC RSSQSIFHNSNNENYLAWYQQKPGQPPKLLIY WASTRES GVPDRF SGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYFC QQYYNAPLTFGGGTKVEIK TCN-554 (5277_M05) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO:1141) RSSQSIFHNSNNENYLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 957) WASTRES CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 1142) QQYYNAPLT TCN-554 (5277_M05) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 1141) RSSQSIFHNSNNENYLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 957) WASTRES CDR3: (SEQ ID NO: 1142) QQYYNAPLT TCN-555 (5246_L16) heavy chain variableregion nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1143)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAGGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCATGCACGGCTTCTGGAGGCATCTTCAGGAAGAATGCAATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGCCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGGATCATCGCAGTCTTTAACACAGCAAATTACGCGCAGAAGTTCCAGAACAGAGTCAAAATTACCGCAGACGAGTCAGGCAATACGGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGACATCTGACGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGTCACCCAAAATATTTCTATGGTTCGGGGAGTTATCCGGACTTCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGCTCN-555 (5246_L16) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acidsequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO:1144) QVQLVQSGAEVKRPGSSVKVSCTASGGIFRK NAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMG GIIAVFNTANYAQKFQN RVKITADESGNTAYMELSSLTSDDTAVYYCAS HPKYFYGSGSYPDF WGQGTLVTVSSTCN-555 (5246_L16) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 796)KNAIS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 797) GIIAVFNTANYAQKFQN CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 798)HPKYFYGSGSYPDF TCN-555 (5246_L16) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 799) GGIFRK CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 800) GIIAVFNTAN CDR 3: (SEQID NO: 798) HPKYFYGSGSYPDF TCN-555 (5246_L16) light chain variableregion nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1145)CAATCTGCCCTGACTCAGCCTCGCTCAGTGTCCGGGTCTCCTGGACAGTCAATCACCATCTCCTGTACTGGTGGCAGCAGTGATATTGGTGCTTCTAACTCTGTCTCCTGGTACCAACAACACCCAGGCAAAGCCCCCAAACTCGTTATTTTTGATGTCACTGAGCGACCCTCAGGGGTCCCGCATCGGTTCTCTGGCTCCAAGTCTGGCAACACGGCCTCCCTGACCGTCTCTGGGCTCCAGCCTGACGACGAGGCTGATTATTTCTGCTGCGCATATGGAGGCAAATATCTTGTGGTCTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTGACCGTTCTA TCN-555 (5246_L16) light chain variableregion amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined)(SEQ ID NO: 1146) QSALTQPRSVSGSPGQSITISC TGGSSDIGASNSVS WYQQHPGKAPKLVIFDVTERPS GVPHRFSGSKSG NTASLTVSGLQPDDEADYFC CAYGGKYLVV FGGGTKVTVL TCN-555(5246_L16) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1147)TGGSSDIGASNSVS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 804) DVTERPS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 805)CAYGGKYLVV TCN-555 (5246_L16) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ IDNO: 1147) TGGSSDIGASNSVS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 804) DVTERPS CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 805) CAYGGKYLVV TCN-556 (5089_K12) heavy chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1148)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAACCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGATACACCTTCATCGGCTATGATATGCACTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGATGGATCAACGCTAAAAGAGGTGGCACAAACTATGCACAAAAGTTTCAGGGCAGGGTCACCATGACCAGGGACACGTCTATCAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAACAGCCTGAGATCTGACGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGGGGTGGGGTCACGAACTACGATTTTTGGAGTTCTCAACCCGGAATTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-556 (5089_K12) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acidsequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO:1149) QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFIG YDMHWVRQAPGQGLEWMG WINAKRGGTNYAQKF QGRVTMTRDTSISTAYMELNSLRSDDTAVYYCAR GVGSRTTIFGVLNPEFDY WGQGTLVTVSSTCN-556 (5089_K12) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO:1150) GYDMH CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1151) WINAKRGGTNYAQKFQG CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 1152) GVGSRTTIFGVLNPEFDY TCN-556 (5089_K12) gamma heavy chainChothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1153) GYTFIG CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1154)WINAKRGGTN CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1152) GVGSRTTIFGVLNPEFDY TCN-556(5089_K12) light chain variable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO:1155)CAGTCTGCCCTGACTCAGCCTCCCTCCGCGTCCGGGTCTCCTGGACAGTCAGTCACCATCTCCTGCACTGGATCCAGCAGTGACGTTGGTGGTTATGACTATGTCTCCTGGTACCAACAACACCCAGGCAAAGCCCCCAAACTCCTGATTTATGAGGTCACTAAGCGGCCCTCAGGGGTCCCTGATCGCTTCTCTGGCTCCAAGTCTGGCAACACGGCCTCCCTGACCGTCTCTGGGCTCCAGGCTGAGGATGAGGCTGATTATTACTGCAGCTCATATGCGGGCAACTACAATCATGTCTTCGGACCTGGGACCAAGGTCACCGTTCTA TCN-556 (5089_K12) light chain variableregion amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined)(SEQ ID NO: 1156) QSALTQPPSASGSPGQSVTISC TGSSSDVGGYDYVS WYQQHPGKAPKLLIYEVTKRPS GVPDRFSGSKS GNTASLTVSGLQAEDEADYYC SSYAGNYNHV FGPGTKVTVL TCN-556(5089_K12) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1157)TGSSSDVGGYDYVS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1158) EVTKRPS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1159)SSYAGNYNHV TCN-556 (5089_K12) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ IDNO: 1157) TGSSSDVGGYDYVS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1158) EVTKRPS CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 1159) SSYAGNYNHV TCN-557 (5081_A04) heavy chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1160)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGACACACCTTCACCGGCTACTACATACACTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGATGGATCAACCCTGACAGTGGTGCCACCAGTTCTGCACAGAACTTTCAGGGCAGGGTCACCATGACCGGGGACACGTCCTCTAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGTAGGCTGAGTTTTGACGACACGGCCGTCTATTACTGTGCGAGAGTACTGTTTACCAGTCCTTTTGACTTCTGGGGTGAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-557(5081_A04) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acid sequence: (KabatCDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 1161)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGHTFTG YYIHWVRQAPGQGLEWMG WINPDSGATS SAQNFQGRVTMTGDTSSSTAYMELSRLSFDDTAVYYCAR VLFTSPFDF WGEGTLVTVSS TCN-557(5081_A04) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1162) GYYIHCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1163) WINPDSGATSSAQNFQG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1164)VLFTSPFDF TCN-557 (5081_A04) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQID NO: 1165) GHTFTG CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1166) WINPDSGATS CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 1164) VLFTSPFDF TCN-557 (5081_A04) light chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1167)CAGGCTGTGGTGACTCAGGAGCCCTCACTGGCTGTGTCCCCAGGAGGGACAGTCACTCTCACCTGTGGCTCCAGCACTGGAGCTGTCACCAGGGGTCATTATCCCTATTGGTTCCAGCAGAAGCCTGGCCAAGCCCCCAGGGCACTCATTTATGATAGTGCAGGCAACAGACACTCCTGGACTCCCGCCCGATTCTCAGGCTCCCTCCTTGGGGGCAAAGCTGCCCTGACCCTTTCGGGTGCGCAGCCTGAGGATGAGGCTGAGTATTACTGCTTGCTCTCCTATAGTGGTGTCTGGGTGTTCGGCGGAGGGACGAAGCTGACCGTTCTA TCN-557 (5081_A04) light chain variableregion amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined)(SEQ ID NO: 1168) QAVVTQEPSLAVSPGGTVTLTC GSSTGAVTRGHYPY WFQQKPGQAPRALIYDSAGNRHS WTPARFSG SLLGGKAALTLSGAQPEDEAEYYC LLSYSGVWV FGGGTKLTVL TCN-557(5081_A04) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1169)GSSTGAVTRGHYPY CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1170) DSAGNRHS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO:1171) LLSYSGVWV TCN-557 (5081_A04) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQID NO: 1169) GSSTGAVTRGHYPY CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1170) DSAGNRHS CDR 3:(SEQ ID NO: 1171) LLSYSGVWV TCN-558 (5248_H10b) heavy chain variableregion nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1172)CAGGTCCAGCTGGTGCAATCTGGGAGTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGACCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCACGGCCTCTGGAAGTGTCTTCACCAATTATGGAATTAGTTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGGATCATCCCTCTCTTTGGCGCAGCCAAGTACGCACAGAAATTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATCACAGCGGACGAATCCACGAAGACAGTCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGGCTGACATCTAAAGACACGGCCATATATTTCTGTGCGAAGGCCCCCCGTGTCTACGAGTACTACTTTGATCAGTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCCAGTCACCGTCTCCTCA TCN-558(5248_H10b) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acid sequence:(Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 914)QVQLVQSGSEVKKPGTSVKVSCTASGSVFTN YGISWVRQAPGQGLEWMG GIIPLFGAAK YAQKFQGRVTITADESTKTVYMELSRLTSKDTAIYFCAK APRVYEYYFDQ WGQGTPVTVSS TCN-558(5248_H10b) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 915) NYGISCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 916) GIIPLFGAAKYAQKFQG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 917)APRVYEYYFDQ TCN-558 (5248_H10b) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1:(SEQ ID NO: 918) GSVFTN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 919) GIIPLFGAAK CDR 3: (SEQID NO: 917) APRVYEYYFDQ TCN-558 (5248_H10b) light chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1173)GAAATAGTGATGACGCAGTTTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTGTGTCTCCCGGGGAACGAGTCACCCTCTCCTGTAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAACAATTTAGCCTGGTACCAGCAAAAACCTGGCCAGCCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGATGCATCTACCAGGGCCACGGGTGTCCCAGCCAAGTTCAGTGGCACTGGGTCTGGCACAGAGTTCACTCTCAGCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGTCCGAAGATTTTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGTATCACAACTGGCCTCCCTCGTACAGTTTTGGCCTGGGGACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAA TCN-558 (5248_H10b) light chain variableregion amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined)(SEQ ID NO: 862) EIVMTQFPATLSVSPGERVTLSC RASQSVSNNLA WYQQKPGQPPRLLIYDASTRAT GVPAKFSGTGSGT EFTLSISSLQSEDFAVYYC QQYHNWPPSYS FGLGTKLEIK TCN-558(5248_H10b) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 863) RASQSVSNNLACDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 864) DASTRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 865) QQYHNWPPSYSTCN-558 (5248_H10b) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 863)RASQSVSNNLA CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 864) DASTRAT CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 865)QQYHNWPPSYS TCN-559 (5097_G08) heavy chain variable region nucleotidesequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1174)CAAGAGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTAGAAAGTCCTTCATTGGCTACTATGTACACTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGATGGATCAGCCCTGACAGTGATGCCACAAAGTACGCACAGAAGTTTCAGGGCTCCGTCATCATGACCAGGGACACGTCCGTCAGCACAGTGTACATGGAGCTGAGTAGGCTGACATCTGACGACACGGCCCTTTATTACTGTCTCCTTTTTCGAGGTGGAAACTCCCTCTCCTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGC TCN-559 (5097_G08)gamma heavy chain variable region amino acid sequence: (Kabat. CDRs inbold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO: 1175)QEQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASRKSFIG YYVHWVRQAPGQGLEWMG WISPDSDATK YAQKFQGSVIMTRDTSVSTVYMELSRLTSDDTALYYCLL FRGGNSLS WGQGTLVTVSS TCN-559(5097_G08) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1176) GYYVHCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1177) WISPDSDATKYAQKFQG CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1178)FRGGNSLS TCN-559 (5097_G08) gamma heavy chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQID NO: 1179) RKSFIG CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1180) WISPDSDATK CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 1178) FRGGNSLS TCN-559 (5097_G08) light chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1181)CAGGCTGTGGTGACTCAGGAGCCCTCACTGACTGTGTCCCCAGGAGGGACAGTCACCCTCACCTGTGGCTCCAGCACTGGACCTGTCACCAGTGGTCATTATCCCTACTGGTTCCAGCAGAAGCCTGGCCAAGCCCCCAGGACATTGATTTCTGCTACATCCAACACACACTCCTGGACACCTGCCCGCTTCTCAGGCTCCCTCCTTGGGGGCAGAGCTGCCCTGACCCTTTCGGGTGCGCAGCCTGAGGATGAGGCTGACTATTATTGCTTTCTCTCCTACAGTGGTGCTTGGGTGTTCGGCGGAGGGACCACGCTGACCGTTCTA TCN-559 (5097_G08) light chain variableregion amino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined)(SEQ ID NO: 1182) QAVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTC GSSTGPVTSGHYPY WFQQKPGQAPRTLISATSNTHS WTPARFSGSL LGGRAALTLSGAQPEDEADYYC FLSYSGAWV FGGGTTLTVL TCN-559(5097_G08) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1183)GSSTGPVTSGHYPY CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1184) ATSNTHS CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1185)FLSYSGAWV TCN-559 (5097_G08) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ IDNO: 1183) GSSTGPVTSGHYPY CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1184) ATSNTHS CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 1185) FLSYSGAWV TCN-560 (5084_P10) heavy chain variable regionnucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1186)GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAATCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTCCAGCCGGGGGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTTATCTTTAGAAATTACTGGATGAGCTGGGTCCGGCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTGGCCAACATAAAACAAGATGGAAGAGAGAAGTACTATGTGGACTCTCTGAGGGGCCGAGTCAACATCTCCAGAGACAACGCCGAGAACTCATTGTATCTGCACATGAACAGCCTGAGAGTCGAGGACACGGCTGTTTATTTCTGTGCGAGAGCTCGGATGGTGGTGGTTACTGGCGATGGTTTTGATGTCTGGGGCCATGGGACAATGGTCACCGTCTCGAGCTCN-560 (5084_P10) gamma heavy chain variable region amino acidsequence: (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQ ID NO:1187) EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFIFRN YWMSWVRQAPGKGLEWVA NIKQDGREKYYVDSLR GRVNISRDNAENSLYLHMNSLRVEDTAVYFCAR ARMVVVTGDGFDV WGHGTMVTVSSTCN-560 (5084_P10) gamma heavy chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO:1188) NYWMS CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1189) NIKQDGREKYYVDSLRG CDR 3: (SEQ IDNO: 1190) ARMVVVTGDGFDV TCN-560 (5084_P10) gamma heavy chain ChothiaCDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1191) GFIFRN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1192)NIKQDGREKY CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1190) ARMVVVTGDGFDV TCN-560 (5084_P10)light chain variable region nucleotide sequence: (SEQ ID NO: 1193)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTGGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAATATTAAGAGGTATTTCAATTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCAATTTAGAAAATGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTGCAACCTGAGGATTTTGCGACTTATTACTGTCAGCAGAGTTTCAGTAAATCGTGGACATTCGGCCAAGGGACCAACGTGGACATCAAA TCN-560 (5084_P10) light chain variable regionamino acid sequence (Kabat CDRs in bold, Chothia CDRs underlined) (SEQID NO: 1194) DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITC RASQNIKRYFN WYQQKPGKAPKLLIY AASNLENGVPSRFSGSGSGT DFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYC QQSFSKSWT FGQGTNVDIK TCN-560(5084_P10) Light chain Kabat CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1195) RASQNIKRYFNCDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1196) AASNLEN CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1197) QQSFSKSWTTCN-560 (5084_P10) Light chain Chothia CDRs: CDR 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1195)RASQNIKRYFN CDR 2: (SEQ ID NO: 1196) AASNLEN CDR 3: (SEQ ID NO: 1197)QQSFSKSWT

The invention provides an isolated fully human monoclonal anti-HAantibody or fragment thereof, wherein said antibody includes a variableheavy chain (V_(H)) region comprising CDR1 and CDR2, wherein the V_(H)region is encoded by a human IGHV1 (or specifically, IGHV1-18, IGHV1-2,IGHV1-69, IGHV1-8), IGHV2 (or specifically, IGHV2-5) , IGHV3 (orspecifically, IGHV3-30, IGHV3-33, IGHV3-49, IGHV3-53, 66, IGHV3-7),IGHV4 (or specifically, IGHV4-31, IGHV4-34, IGHV4-39, IGHV4-59,IGHV4-61), or IGHV5 (or specifically, IGHV5-51) V_(H) germline sequenceor an allele thereof, or a nucleic acid sequence that is homologous tothe IGHV1, IGHV2, IGHV3, IGHV4, or IGHV5 V_(H) germline gene sequence oran allele thereof. In one aspect, the nucleic acid sequence that ishomologous to the IGHV1, IGHV2, IGHV3, IGHV4, or IGHV5 V_(H) germlinesequence is at least 75% homologous to the IGHV1, IGHV2, IGHV3, IGHV4,or IGHV5 V_(H) germline sequence or an allele thereof. Exemplary allelesinclude, but are not limited to, IGHV1-18*01, IGHV I-2*02, IGHV1-2*04,IGHV1-69*01, IGHV1-69*05, IGHV1-69*06, IGHV1-69*12, IGHV1-8*01,IGHV2-5*10, IGHV3-30-3*01, IGHV3-30*03, IGHV3-30*18, IGHV3-33*05,IGHV3-49*04, IGHV3-53*01, IGHV3-66*03, IGHV3-7*01, IGHV4-31*03,IGHV4-31*06, IGHV4-34*01, IGHV4-34*02, IGHV4-34*03, IGHV4-34*12,IGHV4-39*01, IGHV4-59*01, IGHV4-59*03, IGHV4-61*01, IGHV4-61*08, andIGHV5-51*01. Exemplary sequences for each allele are provided below.

IGHV1-18*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1198)CAGGTTCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGAGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGTTACACCTTTACCAGCTATGGTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGATGGATCAGCGCTTACAATGGTAACACAAACTATGCACAGAAGCTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATGACCACAGACACATCCACGAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGGAGCCTGAGATCTGACGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGAIGHV1-2*02 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1199)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGATACACCTTCACCGGCTACTATATGCACTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGATGGATCAACCCTAACAGTGGTGGCACAAACTATGCACAGAAGTTTCAGGGCAGGGTCACCATGACCAGGGACACGTCCATCAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGGCTGAGATCTGACGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGAIGHV1-2*04 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1200)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGATACACCTTCACCGGCTACTATATGCACTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGATGGATCAACCCTAACAGTGGTGGCACAAACTATGCACAGAAGTTTCAGGGCTGGGTCACCATGACCAGGGACACGTCCATCAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGGCTGAGATCTGACGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAIGHV1-69*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1201)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCAGCAGCTATGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGGATCATCCCTATCTTTGGTACAGCAAACTACGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACGATTACCGCGGACGAATCCACGAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGAIGHV1-69*05 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1202)CAGGTCCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCAGCAGCTATGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGGATCATCCCTATCTTTGGTACAGCAAACTACGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACGATTACCACGGACGAATCCACGAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAIGHV1-69*06 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1203)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCAGCAGCTATGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGGATCATCCCTATCTTTGGTACAGCAAACTACGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACGATTACCGCGGACAAATCCACGAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGAIGHV1-69*12 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1204)CAGGTCCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCAGCAGCTATGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGGATCATCCCTATCTTTGGTACAGCAAACTACGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACGATTACCGCGGACGAATCCACGAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGAIGHV1-8*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1205)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGATACACCTTCACCAGTTATGATATCAACTGGGTGCGACAGGCCACTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGATGGATGAACCCTAACAGTGGTAACACAGGCTATGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATGACCAGGAACACCTCCATAAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGGIGHV2-5*10 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1206)CAGATCACCTTGAAGGAGTCTGGTCCTACGCTGGTGAAACCCACACAGACCCTCACGCTGACCTGCACCTTCTCTGGGTTCTCACTCAGCACTAGTGGAGTGGGTGTGGGCTGGATCCGTCAGCCCCCAGGAAAGGCCCTGGAGTGGCTTGCACTCATTTATTGGGATGATGATAAGCGCTACAGCCCATCTCTGAAGAGCAGGCTCACCATCACCAAGGACACCTCCAAAAACCAGGTGGTCCTTACAATGACCAACATGGACCCTGTGGACACAGCCACATATTACTGTGCACGGIGHV3-30-3*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1207)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCGTGGTCCAGCCTGGGAGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCTTCAGTAGCTATGCTATGCACTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGCAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTGGCAGTTATATCATATGATGGAAGCAATAAATACTACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATTCCAAGAACACGCTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCTGAGGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAIGHV3-30*03 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1208)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCGTGGTCCAGCCTGGGAGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCTTCAGTAGCTATGGCATGCACTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGCAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTGGCAGTTATATCATATGATGGAAGTAATAAATACTATGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATTCCAAGAACACGCTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCTGAGGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGAIGHV3-30*18 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1209)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCGTGGTCCAGCCTGGGAGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCTTCAGTAGCTATGGCATGCACTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGCAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTGGCAGTTATATCATATGATGGAAGTAATAAATACTATGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATTCCAAGAACACGCTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCTGAGGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAAAGAIGHV3-33*05 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1210)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCGTGGTCCAGCCTGGGAGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCGTCTGGATTCACCTTCAGTAGCTATGGCATGCACTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGCAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTGGCAGTTATATCATATGATGGAAGTAATAAATACTATGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATTCCAAGAACACGCTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGAIGHV3-49*04 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1211)GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTACAGCCAGGGCGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTACAGCTTCTGGATTCACCTTTGGTGATTATGCTATGAGCTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTAGGTTTCATTAGAAGCAAAGCTTATGGTGGGACAACAGAATACGCCGCGTCTGTGAAAGGCAGATTCACCATCTCAAGAGATGATTCCAAAAGCATCGCCTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAAAACCGAGGACACAGCCGTGTATTACTGTACTAGAGA IGHV3-53*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1212)GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGAGGAGGCTTGATCCAGCCTGGGGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGGTTCACCGTCAGTAGCAACTACATGAGCTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTCTCAGTTATTTATAGCGGTGGTAGCACATACTACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATTCCAAGAACACGCTGTATCTTCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGAIGHV3-66*03 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1213)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGCCATGAGGTGAAGCAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGTTACAGTTTCACCACCTATGGTATGAATTGGGTGCCACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGATGGTTCAACACCTACACTGGGAACCCAACATATGCCCAGGGCTTCACAGGACGGTTTGTCTTCTCCATGGACACCTCTGCCAGCACAGCATACCTGCAGATCAGCAGCCTAAAGGCTGAGGACATGGCCATGTATTACTGTGCGAGATAIGHV3-7*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1214)GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTCCAGCCTGGGGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCTTTAGTAGCTATTGGATGAGCTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTGGCCAACATAAAGCAAGATGGAAGTGAGAAATACTATGTGGACTCTGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAACGCCAAGAACTCACTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGAIGHV4-31*03 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1215)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCACAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCAGCAGTGGTGGTTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGCCAGCACCCAGGGAAGGGCCTGGAGTGGATTGGGTACATCTATTACAGTGGGAGCACCTACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTTACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCTAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACTGCCGCGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGAIGHV4-31*06 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1216)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCACAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCAGCAGTGGTAGTTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGCCAGCACCCAGGGAAGGGCCTGGAGTGGATTGGGTACATCTATTACAGTGGGAGCACCTACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTTACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCTAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACTGCCGCGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGIGHV4-34*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1217)CAGCTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCAGCAGTAGTAGTTACTACTGGGGCTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATTGGGAGTATCTATTATAGTGGGAGCACCTACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCCGTAGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACCGCCGCAGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGACAIGHV4-34*02 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1218)CAGGTGCAGCTACAACAGTGGGGCGCAGGACTGTTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCGCTGTCTATGGTGGGTCCTTCAGTGGTTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATTGGGGAAATCAATCATAGTGGAAGCACCAACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACCGCCGCGGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGGIGHV4-34*03 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1219)CAGGTGCAGCTACAGCAGTGGGGCGCAGGACTGTTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCGCTGTCTATGGTGGGTCCTTCAGTGGTTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATTGGGGAAATCAATCATAGTGGAAGCACCAACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACCGCCGCGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTG IGHV4-34*12nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1220)CAGGTGCAGCTACAGCAGTGGGGCGCAGGACTGTTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCGCTGTCTATGGTGGGTCCTTCAGTGGTTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATTGGGGAAATCATTCATAGTGGAAGCACCAACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACCGCCGCGGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAIGHV4-39*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1221)CAGCTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCAGCAGTAGTAGTTACTACTGGGGCTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATTGGGAGTATCTATTATAGTGGGAGCACCTACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCCGTAGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACCGCCGCAGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGACAIGHV4-59*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1222)GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTAGTAAAGACTGGAGGGGTCTCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCTTCAGTAGCTCTGCTATGCACTGGGTCCACCAGGCTCCAGGAAAGGGTTTGGAGTGGGTCTCAGTTATTAGTACAAGTGGTGATACCGTACTCTACACAGACTCTGTGAAGGGCTGATTCACCATCTCTAGAGACAATGCCCAGAATTCACTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCCGACGACATGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGTGAAAGAIGHV4-59*03 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1223)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCAGTAGTTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGTATATCTATTACAGTGGGAGCACCAACTACAACCCCTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCCAAGAACCAATTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACCGCTGCGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGIGHV4-61*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1224)CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCGTCAGCAGTGGTAGTTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGTATATCTATTACAGTGGGAGCACCAACTACAACCCCTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACCGCTGCGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGAIGHV4-61*08 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1225)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGCCATGAGGTGAAGCAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGTTACAGTTTCACCACCTATGGTATGAATTGGGTGCCACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGATGGTTCAACACCTACACTGGGAACCCAACATATGCCCAGGGCTTCACAGGACGGTTTGTCTTCTCCATGGACACCTCTGCCAGCACAGCATACCTGCAGATCAGCAGCCTAAAGGCTGAGGACATGGCCATGTATTACTGTGCGAGATAIGHV5-51*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1226)GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGAGCAGAGGTGAAAAAGCCCGGGGAGTCTCTGAAGATCTCCTGTAAGGGTTCTGGATACAGCTTTACCAGCTACTGGATCGGCTGGGTGCGCCAGATGCCCGGGAAAGGCCTGGAGTGGATGGGGATCATCTATCCTGGTGACTCTGATACCAGATACAGCCCGTCCTTCCAAGGCCAGGTCACCATCTCAGCCGACAAGTCCATCAGCACCGCCTACCTGCAGTGGAGCAGCCTGAAGGCCTCGGACACCGCCATGTATTACTGTGCGAGACA

In certain embodiments of the invention, the antibody further includes avariable light chain (VL) region encoded by a human IGKV1 (orspecifically, IGKV1-17, IGKV1-27, IGKV1-39, IGKV1D-39, IGKV1-5), IGKV2(or specifically, IGKV2-30), IGKV3 (or specifically, IGKV3-11, IGKV3-15,IGKV3-20), IGKV4 (or specifically, IGKV4-1, IGKV4-1), IGLV1 (orspecifically, IGLV1-40, IGLV1-44, IGLV1-55), IGLV2 (or specifically,IGLV2-11, IGLV2-14, IGLV2-8), IGLV3 (or specifically, IGLV3-21 orIGLV3-25), IGLV7 (or specifically, IGLV7-43 or IGLV7-46), or IGLV9 (orspecifically, IGLV9-49) or an allele thereof. V_(L) germline genesequence IGKV1, IGKV2, IGKV3, IGKV4, IGLV1, IGLV2, IGLV3, IGLV7, orIGLV9 or an allele thereof, or a nucleotide acid sequence that ishomologous to the IGKV1, IGKV2, IGKV3, IGKV4, IGLV1, IGLV2, IGLV3,IGLV7, or IGLV9 V_(L) germline gene sequence or an allele thereof.Furthermore, the nucleic acid sequence that is homologous to the IGKV1,IGKV2, IGKV3, IGKV4, IGLV1, IGLV2, IGLV3, IGLV7, or IGLV9 V_(L) germlinesequence or an allele thereof is at least 65% homologous to the IGKV1,IGKV2, IGKV3, IGKV4, IGLV1, IGLV2, IGLV3, IGLV7, or IGLV9 V_(L) germlinesequence or an allele thereof.

IGKV1-17*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1227)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGGGCATTAGAAATGATTTAGGCTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCGCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGAATTCACTCTCACAATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTATTACTGTCTACAGCATAATAGTTACCCTCCIGKV1-27*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1228)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCGAGTCAGGGCATTAGCAATTATTTAGCCTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGTTCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCACTTTGCAATCAGGGGTCCCATCTCGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGAAGATGTTGCAACTTATTACTGTCAAAAGTATAACAGTGCCCCTCCIGKV1-39*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1229)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCAGCTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACAGAGTTACAGTACCCCTCCIGKV1D-39*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1230)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCAGCTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACAGAGTTACAGTACCCCTCCIGKV1-5*03 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1231)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCTTCCACCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCCAGTCAGAGTATTAGTAGCTGGTTGGCCTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATAAGGCGTCTAGTTTAGAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGAATTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGATGATTTTGCAACTTATTACTGCCAACAGTATAATAGTTATTCTCCIGKV2-30*02 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1232)GATGTTGTGATGACTCAGTCTCCACTCTCCCTGCCCGTCACCCTTGGACAGCCGGCCTCCATCTCCTGCAGGTCTAGTCAAAGCCTCGTACACAGTGATGGAAACACCTACTTGAATTGGTTTCAGCAGAGGCCAGGCCAATCTCCAAGGCGCCTAATTTATAAGGTTTCTAACCGGGACTCTGGGGTCCCAGACAGATTCAGCGGCAGTGGGTCAGGCACTGATTTCACACTGAAAATCAGCAGGGTGGAGGCTGAGGATGTTGGGGTTTATTACTGCATGCAAGGTACACACTGGCCTCC IGKV3-11*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1233)GAAATTGTGTTGACACAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAGCTACTTAGCCTGGTACCAACAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGATGCATCCAACAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGCCAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTAGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGCGTAGCAACTGGCCTCCIGKV3-15*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1234)GAAATAGTGATGACGCAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTGTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAGCAACTTAGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGGTGCATCCACCAGGGCCACTGGTATCCCAGCCAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGAGTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGTCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGTATAATAACTGGCCTCCIGKV3-20*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1235)GAAATTGTGTTGACGCAGTCTCCAGGCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAGCAGCTACTTAGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGGTGCATCCAGCAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGACAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGACTGGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTGTATTACTGTCAGCAGTATGGTAGCTCACCTCCIGKV4-1*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1236)GACATCGTGATGACCCAGTCTCCAGACTCCCTGGCTGTGTCTCTGGGCGAGAGGGCCACCATCAACTGCAAGTCCAGCCAGAGTGTTTTATACAGCTCCAACAATAAGAACTACTTAGCTTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGCCTCCTAAGCTGCTCATTTACTGGGCATCTACCCGGGAATCCGGGGTCCCTGACCGATTCAGTGGCAGCGGGTCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGGCTGAAGATGTGGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAATATTATAGTACTCCTCC IGLV1-40*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1237)CAGTCTGTGCTGACGCAGCCGCCCTCAGTGTCTGGGGCCCCAGGGCAGAGGGTCACCATCTCCTGCACTGGGAGCAGCTCCAACATCGGGGCAGGTTATGATGTACACTGGTACCAGCAGCTTCCAGGAACAGCCCCCAAACTCCTCATCTATGGTAACAGCAATCGGCCCTCAGGGGTCCCTGACCGATTCTCTGGCTCCAAGTCTGGCACCTCAGCCTCCCTGGCCATCACTGGGCTCCAGGCTGAGGATGAGGCTGATTATTACTGCCAGTCCTATGACAGCAGCCTGAGTGGTTCIGLV1-44*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1238)CAGTCTGTGCTGACTCAGCCACCCTCAGCGTCTGGGACCCCCGGGCAGAGGGTCACCATCTCTTGTTCTGGAAGCAGCTCCAACATCGGAAGTAATACTGTAAACTGGTACCAGCAGCTCCCAGGAACGGCCCCCAAACTCCTCATCTATAGTAATAATCAGCGGCCCTCAGGGGTCCCTGACCGATTCTCTGGCTCCAAGTCTGGCACCTCAGCCTCCCTGGCCATCAGTGGGCTCCAGTCTGAGGATGAGGCTGATTATTACTGTGCAGCATGGGATGACAGCCTGAATGGTCCIGLV1-51*02 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1239)CAGTCTGTGTTGACGCAGCCGCCCTCAGTGTCTGCGGCCCCAGGACAGAAGGTCACCATCTCCTGCTCTGGAAGCAGCTCCAACATTGGGAATAATTATGTATCCTGGTACCAGCAGCTCCCAGGAACAGCCCCCAAACTCCTCATCTATGAAAATAATAAGCGACCCTCAGGGATTCCTGACCGATTCTCTGGCTCCAAGTCTGGCACGTCAGCCACCCTGGGCATCACCGGACTCCAGACTGGGGACGAGGCCGATTATTACTGCGGAACATGGGATAGCAGCCTGAGTGCTGGIGLV2-11*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1240)CAGTCTGCCCTGACTCAGCCTCGCTCAGTGTCCGGGTCTCCTGGACAGTCAGTCACCATCTCCTGCACTGGAACCAGCAGTGATGTTGGTGGTTATAACTATGTCTCCTGGTACCAACAGCACCCAGGCAAAGCCCCCAAACTCATGATTTATGATGTCAGTAAGCGGCCCTCAGGGGTCCCTGATCGCTTCTCTGGCTCCAAGTCTGGCAACACGGCCTCCCTGACCATCTCTGGGCTCCAGGCTGAGGATGAGGCTGATTATTACTGCTGCTCATATGCAGGCAGCTACACTTTCIGLV2-14*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1241)CAGTCTGCCCTGACTCAGCCTGCCTCCGTGTCTGGGTCTCCTGGACAGTCGATCACCATCTCCTGCACTGGAACCAGCAGTGACGTTGGTGGTTATAACTATGTCTCCTGGTACCAACAGCACCCAGGCAAAGCCCCCAAACTCATGATTTATGAGGTCAGTAATCGGCCCTCAGGGGTTTCTAATCGCTTCTCTGGCTCCAAGTCTGGCAACACGGCCTCCCTGACCATCTCTGGGCTCCAGGCTGAGGACGAGGCTGATTATTACTGCAGCTCATATACAAGCAGCAGCACTCTCIGLV2-8*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1242)CAGTCTGCCCTGACTCAGCCTCCCTCCGCGTCCGGGTCTCCTGGACAGTCAGTCACCATCTCCTGCACTGGAACCAGCAGTGACGTTGGTGGTTATAACTATGTCTCCTGGTACCAACAGCACCCAGGCAAAGCCCCCAAACTCATGATTTATGAGGTCAGTAAGCGGCCCTCAGGGGTCCCTGATCGCTTCTCTGGCTCCAAGTCTGGCAACACGGCCTCCCTGACCGTCTCTGGGCTCCAGGCTGAGGATGAGGCTGATTATTACTGCAGCTCATATGCAGGCAGCAACAATTTCIGLV3-21*02 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1243)TCCTATGAGCTGACACAGCTACCCTCGGTGTCAGTGTCCCCAGGACAGACAGCCAGGATCACCTGCTCTGGAGATGTACTGGGGGAAAATTATGCTGACTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCAGGCCAGGCCCCTGAGTTGGTGATATACGAAGATAGTGAGCGGTACCCTGGAATCCCTGAACGATTCTCTGGGTCCACCTCAGGGAACACGACCACCCTGACCATCAGCAGGGTCCTGACCGAAGACGAGGCTGACTATTACTGTTTGTCTGGGGATGAGGACAATCC IGLV3-25*03nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1244)TCCTATGAGCTGACACAGCCACCCTCGGTGTCAGTGTCCCCAGGACAGACGGCCAGGATCACCTGCTCTGGAGATGCATTGCCAAAGCAATATGCTTATTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCAGGCCAGGCCCCTGTGCTGGTGATATATAAAGACAGTGAGAGGCCCTCAGGGATCCCTGAGCGATTCTCTGGCTCCAGCTCAGGGACAACAGTCACGTTGACCATCAGTGGAGTCCAGGCAGAAGACGAGGCTGACTATTACTGTCAATCAGCAGACAGCAGTGGT IGLV7-43*01nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1245)CAGACTGTGGTGACTCAGGAGCCCTCACTGACTGTGTCCCCAGGAGGGACAGTCACTCTCACCTGTGCTTCCAGCACTGGAGCAGTCACCAGTGGTTACTATCCAAACTGGTTCCAGCAGAAACCTGGACAAGCACCCAGGGCACTGATTTATAGTACAAGCAACAAACACTCCTGGACCCCTGCCCGGTTCTCAGGCTCCCTCCTTGGGGGCAAAGCTGCCCTGACACTGTCAGGTGTGCAGCCTGAGGACGAGGCTGAGTATTACTGCCTGCTCTACTATGGTGGTGCTCAGIGLV7-46*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1246)CAGGCTGTGGTGACTCAGGAGCCCTCACTGACTGTGTCCCCAGGAGGGACAGTCACTCTCACCTGTGGCTCCAGCACTGGAGCTGTCACCAGTGGTCATTATCCCTACTGGTTCCAGCAGAAGCCTGGCCAAGCCCCCAGGACACTGATTTATGATACAAGCAACAAACACTCCTGGACACCTGCCCGGTTCTCAGGCTCCCTCCTTGGGGGCAAAGCTGCCCTGACCCTTTCGGGTGCGCAGCCTGAGGATGAGGCTGAGTATTACTGCTTGCTCTCCTATAGTGGTGCTCGGIGLV7-46*02 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1247)CAGGCTGTGGTGACTCAGGAGCCCTCACTGACTGTGTCCCCAGGAGGGACAGTCACTCTCACCTGTGGCTCCAGCACTGGAGCTGTCACCAGTGGTCATTATCCCTACTGGTTCCAGCAGAAGCCTGGCCAAGCCCCCAGGACACTGATTTATGATACAAGCAACAAACACTCCTGGACACCTGCCCGGTTCTCAGGCTCCCTCCTTGGGGGCAAAGCTGCCCTGACCCTTTTGGGTGCGCAGCCTGAGGATGAGGCTGAGTATTACTGCTTGCTCTCCTATAGTGGTGCTCGGIGLV9-49*01 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1248)CAGCCTGTGCTGACTCAGCCACCTTCTGCATCAGCCTCCCTGGGAGCCTCGGTCACACTCACCTGCACCCTGAGCAGCGGCTACAGTAATTATAAAGTGGACTGGTACCAGCAGAGACCAGGGAAGGGCCCCCGGTTTGTGATGCGAGTGGGCACTGGTGGGATTGTGGGATCCAAGGGGGATGGCATCCCTGATCGCTTCTCAGTCTTGGGCTCAGGCCTGAATCGGTACCTGACCATCAAGAACATCCAGGAAGAGGATGAGAGTGACTACCACTGTGGGGCAGACCATGGCAGTGGGAGCAACTTCGTGTAACC IGLV9-49*03 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1249)CAGCCTGTGCTGACTCAGCCACCTTCTGCATCAGCCTCCCTGGGAGCCTCGGTCACACTCACCTGCACCCTGAGCAGCGGCTACAGTAATTATAAAGTGGACTGGTACCAGCAGAGACCAGGGAAGGGCCCCCGATTTGTGATGCGAGTGGGCACTGGTGGGATTGTGGGATCCAAGGGGGATGGCATCCCTGATCGCTTCTCAGTCTTGGGCTCAGGCCTGAATCGGTACCTGACCATCAAGAACATCCAGGAAGAGGATGAGAGTGACTACCACTGTGGGGCAGACCATGGCAGTGGGAGCAACTTCGTGTAACC

The heavy chain of an isolated monoclonal anti-hemagglutinin (HA)antibody (i.e., anti-hemagglutinin antibody of the invention) is derivedfrom a germ line V (variable) gene such as, for example, the IGHV1,IGHV2, IGHV3, IGHV4, or IGHV5 germline gene or an allele thereof.

The HA antibodies of the invention include a variable heavy chain(V_(H)) region encoded by a human IGHV1, IGHV2, IGHV3, IGHV4, or IGHV5germline gene sequence or an allele thereof. A IGHV1, IGHV2, IGHV3,IGHV4, or IGHV5 germline gene sequence is shown, e.g., in SEQ ID NOs:457 to 485. The HA antibodies of the invention include a V_(H) regionthat is encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that is at least 75%homologous to the IGHV1, IGHV2, IGHV3, IGHV4, or IGHV5 germline genesequence or an allele thereof. Preferably, the nucleic acid sequence isat least 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97% homologous to the IGHV1,IGHV2, IGHV3, IGHV4, or IGHV5 germline gene sequence or an allelethereof, and more preferably, at least 98%, 99% homologous to the IGHV1,IGHV2, IGHV3, IGHV4, or IGHV5 germline gene sequence or an allelethereof. The V_(H) region of the HA antibody is at least 75% homologousto the amino acid sequence of the V_(H) region encoded by the IGHV 1,IGHV2, IGHV3, IGHV4, or IGHV5 V_(H) germline gene sequence or an allelethereof. Preferably, the amino acid sequence of V_(H) region of the HAantibody is at least 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97% homologous to theamino acid sequence encoded by the 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%germline gene sequence or an allele thereof, and more preferably, atleast 98%, 99% homologous to the sequence encoded by the 75%, 80%, 85%,90%, 95%, 96%, 97% germline gene sequence or an allele thereof.

The HA antibodies of the invention also include a variable light chain(V_(L)) region encoded by a human IGKV1, IGKV2, IGKV3, IGKV4, IGLV1,IGLV2, IGLV3, IGLV7, or IGLV9 germline gene sequence or an allelethereof. A human IGKV1, IGKV2, IGKV3, IGKV4, IGLV1, IGLV2, IGLV3, IGLV7,or IGLV9 V_(L) germline gene sequence, or an allele thereof is shown,e.g., at SEQ ID NOs: 486 to 508. Alternatively, the HA antibodiesinclude a IGKV1, IGKV2, IGKV3, IGKV4, IGLV1, IGLV2, IGLV3, IGLV7, orIGLV9 V_(L) region that is encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that is atleast 65% homologous to the IGKV1, IGKV2, IGKV3, IGKV4, IGLV1, IGLV2,IGLV3, IGLV7, or IGLV9 germline gene sequence or an allele thereof.Preferably, the nucleic acid sequence is at least 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%,85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97% homologous to the IGKV1, IGKV2, IGKV3, IGKV4,IGLV1, IGLV2, IGLV3, IGLV7, or IGLV9 germline gene sequence or an allelethereof, and more preferably, at least 98%, 99% homologous to the IGKV1,IGKV2, IGKV3, IGKV4, IGLV1, IGLV2, IGLV3, IGLV7, or IGLV9 germline genesequence or an allele thereof. The V_(L) region of the HA antibody is atleast 65% homologous to the amino acid sequence of the V_(L) regionencoded the IGKV1, IGKV2, IGKV3, IGKV4, IGLV1, IGLV2, IGLV3, IGLV7, orIGLV9 germline gene sequence or an allele thereof. Preferably, the aminoacid sequence of V_(L) region of the HA antibody is at least 65%, 70%,75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97% homologous to the amino acid sequenceencoded by the IGKV1, IGKV2, IGKV3, IGKV4, IGLV1, IGLV2, IGLV3, IGLV7,or IGLV9 germline gene sequence or an allele thereof, and morepreferably, at least 98%, 99% homologous to the sequence encoded by theIGKV1, IGKV2, IGKV3, IGKV4, IGLV1, IGLV2, IGLV3, IGLV7, or IGLV9germline gene sequence or an allele thereof.

HA Antibodies III

The present invention relates to an immunogen capable of inducingantibodies against a target peptide of the stem region of hemagglutinnprotein of an influenza virus. The immunogen is a peptide or a syntheticpeptide. In particular, the immunogen of this invention comprises one ormore epitopes or epitope units. Optionally, the immunogen furthercomprises a general immune stimulator. These immunogens of the presentinvention are capable of inducing antibodies against influenza A virusto prevent infection by the virus.

In one aspect the invention provides an immunogen having an epitope orepitope unit recognized by a protective monoclonal antibody having thespecificity for the stem region of hemagglutinn protein of an influenzavirus.

The antibody binds both the HA1 and HA2 peptide. In some embodiments theepitope is recognized by monoclonal antibody D7, D8, F10, G17, H40, A66,D80, E88, E90, or H98 or a monoclonal antibody that competes with thebinding of monoclonal antibody D7, D8, F10, G17, H40, A66, D80, E88,E90, or H98 to the HA protein. Preferably, the epitope is the F10epitope.

In some embodiments the hemagglutinin protein is in the neutral pHconformation.

The immunogen is a peptide or a synthetic peptide.

In some aspects the immunogen is a conjugate having one or more peptidesor peptide fragments that are spatially positioned relative to eachother so that they together form a non-linear sequence which mimics thetertiary structure of an F10 epitope. Optionally, the one or morepeptides or peptide fragments are linked to a backbone. The conjugatecompetes with the binding of monoclonal antibody F10 to the HA protein.

The e conformation of the epitope is defined by amino acid residues 18,38, 39, 40 and 291 of HA1 and 18, 19, 20, 21, 38, 41, 42, 45, 49, 52,53, and 56 of HA2 when the hemagglutinin in the neutral pH conformation.

In some embodiments the immunogen is a peptide having one or more of thefollowing amino acid sequences.

[Xaa₀]_(m)-Xaa₁-Xaa₂-[Xaa₀]_(p), wherein, preferably, Xaa₁ is S, T, F Hor Y and Xaa 2 is H, Y, M, L or Q. Most preferably, Xaa₁ is Y. Mostpreferably, Xaa₂ is H.

[Xaa₀]_(m)-Xaa₁-Xaa₂-[Xaa₀]_(p), wherein, preferably, Xaa₁ is H, Q, Y,S, D, N or T and Xaa₂ of is Q, E, K, I , V, M, E, R or T. Mostpreferably, Xaa₁ is H. Most preferably, Xaa₂ is Q.

[Xaa₀]_(m)-Xaa₁-Xaa₂-Xaa₃-Xaa₄-[Xaa₀]_(p), wherein, preferably, Xaa₁ isI, V, M, or L; Xaa₂ is D, N, H, Y, D, A,S or E, Xaa₃ is G or A, and Xaa₄is W, R, or G. Most preferably, Xaa₁ is V; Xaa₂ is D, Xaa₃ is G, andXaa₄ is W.

[Xaa₀]_(m)-Xaa₁-[Xaa₀]_(q) Xaa₂-Xaa₃-[Xaa₀]_(q) Xaa₄-[Xaa₀]_(r)Xaa₅-[Xaa₀]_(q)-Xaa₆ Xaa₇-[Xaa₀]_(q)-Xaa₈-[Xaa₀]_(p), and[Xaa₀]_(m)-Xaa₁-[Xaa₀]_(q) Xaa₂-Xaa₃-[Xaa₀]_(q) Xaa₄-[Xaa₀]_(r)Xaa₅-[Xaa₀]_(q)-Xaa₆ Xaa₇-[Xaa₀]_(s)-[Xaa_(g)]_(t)-[Xaa₀]_(p), wherein,preferably Xaa₁ is K, Q, R, N, L, G, F, H or Y; Xaa₂ is S or T, Xaa₃ isQ or P; Xaa₄ is F, V, I, M, L, or T; Xaa₅ is I, T, S, N, Q, D, or A;Xaa₆ is I, V, M, or L; Xaa₇ is N, S, T, or D and Xaa₈ is I, F,V, A, orT. Most preferably, Xaa₁ is K; Xaa₂ is T, Xaa₃ is Q; Xaa₄ is I ; Xaa₅ isT; Xaa₆ is V; Xaa ₇ is N, and Xaa₈ is I.

For all of the preceding sequences, m, and p are independently 0 or1-100, preferably about 1-90, 1-80, 1-70, 1-60, 1-50, 1-40, 1-30, 1-20or 1-10; q is 2, r is 3, s is 0 or 2, and t is 0 or 1, and Xaa₀, isindependently any amino acid. Preferably s is 2 and t is 1.

In some aspects of the inventions, one or more amino acids are D-aminoacids.

Optionally, the immunogen further comprises an adjuvant or is conjugatedto a carrier.

In various aspects the invention includes a composition containing theimmunogen together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptableexcipients, diluents, and/or adjuvants. In some embodiments thecomposition further comprises an anti-influenza antibody of antigenbinding fragment thereof. Preferably, the antibody is monoclonalantibody D7, D8, F10, G17, H40, A66, D80, E88, E90, or H98 oramonoclonal antibody that competes with the binding of monoclonalantibody D7, D8, F10, G17, H40, A66, D80, E88, E90, or H98 to the HAprotein. Also provided by the invention are nucleic acids encoding theimmunogens of the invention and composition comprising the nucleicacids.

The invention further comprises a method preventing a disease ordisorder caused by an influenza virus by administering to person at riskof suffering from said disease or disorder an immunogen compositiondescribed herein. Optionally, the method includes further administeringan anti-viral drug, a viral entry inhibitor or a viral attachmentinhibitor. The anti-viral drug is a neuraminidase inhibitor, a HAinhibitor, a sialic acid inhibitor or an M2 ion channel. The M2 ionchannel inhibitor is amantadine or, rimantadine. The neuraminidaseinhibitor zanamivir, or oseltamivir phosphate.

In another aspect the method includes further administering one or moreantibodies specific to a Group I influenza virus and or a Group IIinfluenza virus. The antibody is administered at a dose sufficient toneutralize the influenza virus.

Administration is prior to or after exposure to influenza virus.

Also disclosed are methods of treating subjects and methods of screeningand producing antibodies. For example, disclosed is a method of treatinga subject suffering or at risk of influenza infection, the methodcomprising administering to the subject one or more of the disclosedantibodies, such as the disclosed HA stem antibodies. For example,disclosed is a method of treating a subject, the method comprisingadministering to the subject the stem region of influenza hemagglutininin the neutral pH conformation in isolation from other components ofinfluenza virus, wherein the subject produces an immune response to thestem region. For example, disclosed is a method of treating a subject,the method comprising administering to the subject the stem region ofinfluenza hemagglutinin in the neutral pH conformation in isolation fromthe head region of hemagglutinin, wherein the subject produces an immuneresponse to the stem region. For example, disclosed is a method oftreating a subject, the method comprising administering to the subjectinfluenza hemagglutinin in the neutral pH conformation in isolation fromother components of influenza virus, wherein the head region of thehemagglutinin is modified to reduce the antigenicity of the head region,wherein the subject produces an immune response to the stem region. Forexample, disclosed is a method, the method comprising screeningantibodies reactive to hemagglutinin for binding to hemagglutininimmobilized on a surface, thereby identifying antibodies of interest.For example, disclosed is a method comprising screening antibodiesreactive to hemagglutinin for binding to the stem region of influenzahemagglutinin in the neutral pH conformation in isolation from the headregion of hemagglutinin, thereby identifying antibodies of interest. Forexample, disclosed is a method comprising screening antibodies reactiveto hemagglutinin for binding to influenza hemagglutinin in the neutralpH conformation in isolation from other components of influenza virus,wherein the head region of the hemagglutinin is modified to reduce theantigenicity of the head region, thereby identifying antibodies ofinterest.

In some forms, the head region of the hemagglutinin can be modified byremoving or replacing glycosylation sites. In some forms, the headregion of the hemagglutinin can be modified by adding glycosylationsites. In some forms, the head region of the hemagglutinin can bemodified by removing all or a portion of the head region.

In some forms, the disclosed antibodies, disclosed hemagglutinins, anddisclosed methods can produce an immune reaction in a subject. Forexample, in some forms, the subject can produce an immune response thatprevents or reduces the severity of an influenza infection. In someforms, the immune response can be reactive to influenza viruses within asubtype. In some forms, the immune response can be reactive to influenzaviruses in each subtype within a cluster. In some forms, the immuneresponse can be reactive to influenza viruses in each cluster within agroup. In some forms, the immune response can be reactive to allinfluenza viruses in each subtype within a group. In some forms, theimmune response can be reactive to influenza viruses within group 1.

In some forms, the disclosed methods can further comprise screening theantibodies of interest for competing with antibody F10 for binding tohemagglutinin, thereby identifying F10-competing antibodies. In someforms, the hemagglutinin can be hemagglutinin from a group 2 influenzavirus. In some forms, the hemagglutinin can be hemagglutinin from agroup 1 influenza virus. In some forms, the disclosed methods canfurther comprising producing the identified antibodies. Also disclosedare antibodies produced by the disclosed methods. Also disclosed areantibodies identified by the disclosed methods.

The disclosed compositions and methods are based upon the discovery ofmonoclonal antibodies which neutralize the influenza virus, e.g.influenza A virus. The influenza A virus is a Group I influenza A virussuch as a HI cluster influenza virus. The H1 cluster influenza virus isan H1a cluster or an H1b cluster. The monoclonal antibody is fullyhuman. In some forms, the monoclonal antibody can be a bivalentantibody, a monovalent antibody, a single chain antibody or fragmentthereof. Specifically, such monoclonal can bind to an epitope on thestem region of the hemagglutinin protein (HA), such as HA1 or HA2polypeptide. The epitope can be non-linear.

The epitope can comprise both the HA1 and HA2. The epitope can benon-linear. In some forms the epitope can comprise the amino acidposition 18, 38, 40, 291 of the Ha1 polypeptide and the amino acid atposition 18, 19, 20, 21, 38, 41, 42, 45, 49, 52, 53 and 56 of the HA2polypeptide.

The disclosed compositions and methods are further based upon thediscovery of a protocol for generating broadly neutralizing humanantibodies that target a highly conserved epitope in the stem region ofHA. Using the trimeric H5 ectodomain expressed in baculovirus whichproduces shorter N-glycans and uncharged mannoses absorbed on a plasticsurface, allowed for the dominant presentation of the stem epitope whilemasking the normally immunodominat globular head. Accordingly, alsodisclosed is a method of producing an isolated antibody thatspecifically binds a pathogenic enveloped virus by exposing a singlechain or Fab expression library to a membrane fusion protein of thevirus, identifying an antibody in the library that specifically bindssaid protein; and isolating the antibody from the library. The fusionprotein can be immobilized on a solid surface, e.g. plastic. In someforms the fusion protein can have modified glycosylations compared to awild type fusion protein. For example, the fusion can be produced in anon-mammalian cell, such as an insect cell. The fusion protein can be,for example, a trimeric hemagglutinin (HA) protein.

Also disclosed is a method of vaccinating a subject against pathogenicenveloped virus such as an influenza virus by administering to thesubject, for example, a membrane fusion protein (e.g., a trimerichemagglutinin (HA) protein coated) or embedded in a biologicallycompatible matrix. In some forms the fusion protein can have modifiedglycosylations compared to a wild type fusion protein.

Also disclosed is a composition comprising a monoclonal antibody asdescribed herein and kits containing the composition in one or morecontainers and instructions for use. The invention further provides amethod of screening a compound for binding to an F10 antibody bycontacting said F10 antibody with a compound of interest and detecting acompound-antibody complex. Also included in the invention are thecompound identified by the method and their use as immunogens.

High affinity, cross-subtype, broadly-neutralizing human anti-HA mAbshave been identified. Specifically, a human Ab phage display library andH5 hemagglutinin (HA) ectodomain was used to select ten neutralizingmAbs (nAbs) with a remarkably broad range among Group 1 influenzaviruses, including the H5N1 “bird flu” and the H1N1 “Spanish flu” and“Swine flu” strains. These nAbs inhibit the post-attachment fusionprocess by recognizing a novel and highly conserved neutralizing epitopewithin the stem region at a point where key elements of theconformational change—the fusion peptide and the exposed surface ofhelix aA—are brought into close apposition. The crystal structure of onemAb (mAbFlO) bound to H5N1 HA reveals that only the heavy chain insertsinto a highly conserved pocket in the HA stem region, inhibiting theconformational changes required for membrane fusion. It has beendiscovered that nAbs targeting this pocket can provide broad protectionagainst both seasonal and pandemic influenza A infections. The crystalstructure further revealed that the epitope to which the F10 mAb isdefined by amino acid residues 18, 38, 39, 40 and 291 of HA1 and 18, 19,20, 21, 38, 41, 42, 45, 49, 52, 53, and 56 of HA2. This epitope isreferred to herein as the F10 epitope. Structural and sequence analysisof all 16 HA subtypes points to the existence of only two variants ofthis epitope, corresponding to the two phylogenetic groupings of HA(Groups 1 and 2). This discovery indicates that a small cocktail of nAbsderived from a subset of each group can provide broad protection againstboth seasonal and pandemic influenza.

Remarkably, nAbs were isolated that utilize the same VH germline gene,IGHV1-69*01, and encode a CDR3 loop containing a tyrosine at anequivalent position to Y102, from a non-immune library. This indicatesthat broad anti-HA cross-immunity pre-exists in the H5-naive population,possibly due to previous exposure to H1, and, for library donors bornbefore 1968, H2 subtypes. The recurrent use of this germline VH segment,the commonality of the CDR3 tyrosine introduced through N insertionand/or germline D gene assembly, and the promiscuous use of VL genes bythe discovered nAbs discovered indicate that the precursor frequency ofrearranged VH segments that could recognize this epitope is significant.This indicates that with suitable exposure to the F10 epitope identifiedhere, these broad-spectrum nAbs can be readily induced in vivo. Thesediscoveries led to the disclosed simple solution to provide universalprotection against virus subtypes in both groups.

Three unique anti-HA-1 scFvs were identified by sequencing analysis ofthe 58 HA-1 positive clones. These scFvs were designated as 38B and 1C.The VH and VL amino acid sequence of 2A is shown herein. Ten uniqueanti-HAO scFvs were identified by sequencing analysis of the 97 HAOpositive clones. These scFvs were designated as 7, 8, 10, 17, 40, 66,80, 88, 90, and 98. Six different VH and 10 different VL genes wererevealed. Some scFvs shared the same VH gene. Five out of the sixdifferent VH genes belonged to the IGHV1-69 gene family. Three out often VL genes were kappa chain. 2A scFv is a moderate neutralizingantibody, 38B and 1C are non-neutralizing antibodies. Ten scFvs, 7, 8,10, 17, 40, 66, 80, 88, 90, and 98 are potent neutralizing antibodies.The nucleic acid and amino acid sequence of the neutralizing influenzaantibodies are provided below. Methods of making these antibodies aredisclosed in PCT/US2009/054950 (Publication No. WO 2010/027818), theentire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Antibody 2A: Variable Region Nucleic Acid Sequences

VH chain of 2A (SEQ ID NO: 1305)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCAGTGACAATGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCAGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGGGGCATCATTCCTATCTTTGGAAAACCAAACTACGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACGATTACTGCGGACGAATCCACGAGCACAGCCTACATGGACCTGAGGAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACGGCCGTTTATTACTGTGCGAGAGATTCAGACGCGTATTACTATGGTTCGGGGGGTATGGACGTCTGGGGCCAAGGCAC CCTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCAVL chain of 2A (SEQ ID NO: 1306)CTGCCTGTGCTGACTCAATCATCCTCTGCCTCTGCTTCCCTGGGATCCTCGGTCAAGCTCACCTGCACTCTGAGCAGTGGGCATAGTAACTACATCATCGCATGGCATCAACAGCAGCCAGGGAAGGCCCCTCGGTACTTGATGAAGGTTAATAGTGATGGCAGCCACACCAAGGGGGACGGGATCCCTGATCGCTTCTCAGGCTCCAGCTCTGGGGCTGACCGCTACCTCACCATCTCCAACCTCCAGTCTGAGGATGAGGCTAGTTATTTCTGTGAGACCTGGGACACTAAGATTCATGTCTTCGGAACTGGGACCAAGGTCTCCGTCCTCAG

Antibody 2A: Variable Region Aamino Acid Sequences

VH chain of 2A (SEQ ID NO: 1307)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSDNAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIPIFGKPNYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMDLRSLRSEDTAVYYCARDSDAYYYGSGGMDVWGQGTLVTVSS VL chain of 2A (SEQ ID NO: 1308)LPVLTQSSSASASLGSSVKLTCTLSSGHSNYIIAWHQQQPGKAPRYLMKVNSDGSHTKGDGIPDRFSGSSSGADRYLT ISNLQSEDEASYFCETWDTK I HVFGTGTKVSVL

Antibody D7: Variable Region Nucleic Acid Sequences

VH chain of D7 (SEQ ID NO: 1309)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTCCTGGAGGTATCTTCAACACCAATGCTTTCAGCTGGGTCCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGTCTTGAGTGGGTGGGAGGGGTCATCCCTTTGTTTCGAACAGCAAGCTACGCACAGAACGTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATTACCGCGGACGAATCCACGAACACAGCCTACATGGAGCTTACCAGCCTGAGATCTGCGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAAGTAGTGGTTACCATTTTAGGAGTCACTTTGACTCCTGGGGCCTGGGAACCCTGGT CACCGTCTCCTCA VLchain of D7 (SEQ ID NO: 1310)AATTTTATGCTGACTCAGCCCCACTCTGTGTCGGCGTCTCCGGGGAAGACGGTGACCATCTCCTGCACCGGCAGCAGTGGCAACATTGCCGCCAACTATGTGCAGTGGTACCAACAACGTCCGGGCAGTGCCCCCACTACTGTGATCTATGAGGATGACCGAAGACCCTCTGGGGTCCCTGATCGGTTCTCTGGCTCCATCGACAGGTCCTCCAACTCTGCCTCCCTCACCATCTCAGGACTGAAGACTGAGGACGAGGCTGACTACTACTGTCAGACTTATGATACCAACAATCATGCTGTGTTCGGAGGAGGCACCCACCTGACCGTCCTC

Antibody H98: Variable Region Nucleic Acid Sequences

VH chain of H98 (SEQ ID NO: 1311)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAATCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTCCTGGAGGTATCTTCAACACCAATGCTTTCAGCTGGGTCCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGTCTTGAGTGGGTGGGAGGGGTCATCCCTTTGTTTCGAACAGCAAGCTACGCACAGAACGTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATTACCGCGGACGAATCCACGAACACAGCCTACATGGAGCTTACCAGCCTGAGATCTGCGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAAGTAGTGGTTACCATTTTAGGAGTCACTTTGACTCCTGGGGCCTGGGAACCCTGGT CACCGTCTCCTCA VLchain of H98 (SEQ ID NO: 1312)TCCTATGAGCTGACTCAGCCACCCTCAGCGTCTGGGAAACACGGGCAGAGGGTCACCATCTCTTGTTCTGGAGGCACCTCCAACATCGGACGTAATCATGTTAACTGGTACCAGCAACTCCCAGGAACGGCCCCCAAACTCCTCATCTATAGTAATGAACAGCGGCCCTCAGGGGTCCCTGACCGATTCTCTGGCTCCAAATCTGGCACCTCCGCCTCCCTGGCCGTGAGTGGGCTCCAGTCTGAGGATGAGGCTGATTATTACTGTGCATCATGGGATGACAACTTGAGTGGTTGGGTGTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGCTGACCGTCCTA

Antibody D7 and H98: Variable Region Chain Amino Acid Sequences

VH chain of D7 and H98 (SEQ ID NO: 1313)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKAPGGIFNTNAFSWVRQAPGQGLEWVGG VIPLFRTASYAQNVQGRVT ITADESTNTAYMELTSLRSADTAVYYCAR SSGYH FRSHFDSWGLGTLVTVSS VL chain of D7(SEQ ID NO: 1314) NFMLTQPHSVSASPGKTVTISCTGSSGNIAANYVQWYQQRPGSAPTTVIYEDDRRPSGVPDRFSGSIDRSSNSASLTISGLKTEDEADYYCQTYDTNNHA VFGGGTHLTVL VL chainof H98 (SEQ ID NO: 1315)SYELTQPPSASGKHGQRVTISCSGGTSNIGRNHVNWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYSNEQRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGTSASLAVSGLQSEDEADYYCASWDDNLSGWV FGGGTKLTVL

Antibody D8: Variable Region Nucleic Acid Sequences

VH chain of D8 (SEQ ID NO: 1316)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCAGCGCTTATGCTTTCACCTGGGTGCGGCAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGCATCACCGGAATGTTTGGCACAGCAAACTACGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACGATTACCGCGGACGAACTCACGAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGTTGAGCTCCCTGACATCTGAAGACACGGCCCTTTATTATTGTGCGAGAGGATTGTATTACTATGAGAGTAGTCTTGACTATTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCAC CGTCTCCTCAG VL chainof D8 (SEQ ID NO: 1317)CAGTCTGTGCTGACTCAGCCACCCTCCGCGTCCGGGTCTCCTGGACAGTCAGTCACCATCTCCTGCACTGGAACCAGCAGTGACGTTGGTGGTTATAACTCTGTCTCCTGGTACCAACAGCACCCAGGCAAAGCCCCCAAACTCATGATTTATGAGGTCACTAAGCGGCCCTCAGGGGTCCCTGATCGCTTCTCTGCCTCCAAGTCTGGCAACACGGCCTCCCTGACCGTCTCTGGGCTCCAGGCTGAGGATGAGGCTGATTATTTCTGCTGCTCATATGCAGGCCACAGTGCTTATGTCTTCGGAACTGGGACCAAGGTCACCGTCCTG

Antibody D80: Variable Region Nucleic Acid Sequences

VH chain of D80 (SEQ ID NO: 1318)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAGGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCAGCGCTTATGCTTTCACCTGGGTGCGGCAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGCATCACCGGAATGTTTGGCACAGCAAACTACGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACGATTACCGCGGACGAACTCACGAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGTTGAGCTCCCTGACATCTGAAGACACGGCCCTTTATTATTGTGCGAGAGGATTGTATTACTATGAGAGTAGTCTTGACTATTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCAC CGTCTCCTCAG VK chainof D80 (SEQ ID NO: 1319)GAAATTGTGCTGACTCAGTCTCCAGGCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTCTTAGCAGCAAGTACTTAGCCTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGGTGCATCCAGCAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGACAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACCCTCACCATCAGTAGACTGGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTGTATTCCTGTCAGCAGTATGATGGCGTACCTCGGACGTTCGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTGGAAATCAAA

Antibody D8 and D80: Variable Region Chain Amino Acid Sequences

VH chain of D8 and D80 (SEQ ID NO: 1320)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSAYAFTWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGITGMFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADELTSTAYMELSSLTSEDTALY VL chain of D8 (SEQ ID NO:1321) YCARGLYYYESSLDYWGQGTLVTVSSQSVLTQPPSASGSPGQSVTISCTGTSSDVGGYNSVSWYQQHPGKAPKLMIYEVTKRPSGVPDRFSASKSGNTASLTVSGLQAEDEADYFCCSYAGHSAYVFGTGTKVTVL VK chain of D80 (SEQ ID NO: 1322)EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSLSSKYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASSRATGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYSCQQYDGVPRTFG QGTTVEIK

Antibody F10: Variable Region Nucleic Acid Sequences

VH chain of F10 (SEQ ID NO: 1323)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCAGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCACGTCCTCTAAGTCACCTTCAGTAGTTTTGGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGCTGGGAGGGATCAGCCCTATGTTTGGAACACCTAATTACGCGCAGAAGTTCCAAGGCAGAGTCACCATTACCGCGGACCAGTCCACGAGGACAGCCTACATGGACCTGAGGAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACGGCCGTGTATTATTGTGCGAGATCTCCTTCTTACATTTGTTCTGGTGGAACCTGCGTCTTTGACCATTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA VL chain of F10 (SEQ ID NO: 1324)CAGCCTGGGCTGACTCAGCCACCCTCGGTGTCCAAGGGCTTGAGACAGACCGCCACACTCACCTGCACTGGGAACAGCAACAATGTTGGCAACCAAGGAGCAGCTTGGCTGCAGCAGCACCAGGGCCACCCTCCCAAACTCCTATCCTACAGGAATAATGACCGGCCCTCAGGGATCTCAGAGAGATTCTCTGCATCCAGGTCAGGAAACACAGCCTCCCTGACCATTACTGGACTCCAGCCTGAGGACGAGGCTGACTATTACTGCTCAACATGGGACAGCAGCCTCAGTGCTGTGGTATTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGCTGACCGTCCTA

Antibody E90: Variable Region Nucleic Acid Sequences

VH chain of E90 (SEQ ID NO: 1325)CAGGTACAGCTGCAGCAGTCAGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCACGTCCTCTGAAGTCACCTTCAGTAGTTTTGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGCTGGGAGGGATCAGCCCTATGTTTGGAACACCTAATTACGCGCAGAAGTTCCAAGGCAGAGTCACCATTACCGCGGACCAGTCCACGAGGACAGCCTACATGGACCTGAGGAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACGGCCGTGTATTATTGTGCGAGATCTCCTTCTTACATTTGTTCTGGTGGAACCTGCGTCTTTGACCATTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA VL chain of E90 (SEQ ID NO: 1326)GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCAGCTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGAGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATTAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTGTATTACTGTCAGCAGTATGATAGTTCACCGTACACTTTTGGCCAG GGGACCAAGGTAGAGATCAAA

Antibody F10 and E90 Variable Region Amino Acid Sequences

VH chain of F10 and E90 (SEQ ID NO: 1327) QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCTSSEVTFSSFAISWVRQAPGQGLEWLGGISPMFGTPNYAQKFQGRVTITADQSTRTAYMDLRSLRSEDTAVYYCARSPSYICSGGTCVFDHWGQGTLVTVSS VL chain of F10 (SEQ ID NO: 1328)QPGLTQPPSVSKGLRQTATLTCTGNSNNVGNQGAAWLQQHQGHPPKLLSYRNNDRPSGISERFSASRSGNTASLTITGLQPEDEADYYCSTWDSSLSAVV FGGGTKLTVL VL chainof E90 (SEQ ID NO: 1329)DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQSISSYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYAASSLQRGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFAVYYCQQYDSSPYTFGQ GTKVEIK

Antibody G17: Variable Region Nucleic Acid Sequences

VH chain of G17 (SEQ ID NO: 1330)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAATCTGGGGCTGAAGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGACTTCTGGAGTCACCTTCAGCAGCTATGCTATCAGTTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGGATCATCGGTGTCTTTGGTGTACCAAAGTACGCGCAGAACTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACAATTACCGCGGACAAACCGACGAGTACAGTCTACATGGAGCTGAACAGCCTGAGAGCTGAGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGAGCCCGGGTACTACGTAGGAAAGAATGGTTTTGATGTCTGGGGCCAAGGGACAAT GGTCACCGTCTCTTCA VLchain of G17 (SEQ ID NO: 1331)TCCTATGAGCTGACTCAGCCACCCTCGGTGTCCAAGGGCTTGAGACAGACCGCCATACTCACCTGCACTGGAGACAGCAACAATGTTGGCCACCAAGGTACAGCTTGGCTGCAACAACACCAGGGCCACCCTCCCAAACTCCTATCCTACAGGAATGGCAACCGGCCCTCAGGGATCTCAGAGAGATTCTCTGCATCCAGGTCAGGAAATACAGCCTCCCTGACCATTATTGGACTCCAGCCTGAGGACGAGGCTGACTACTACTGCTCAGTATGGGACAGCAGCCTCAGTGCCTGGGTGTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGCTGACCGTCCTA

Antibody G17 Variable Region Amino Acid Sequences

VH chain of G17 (SEQ ID NO: 1332)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKTSGVTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIGVFGVPKYAQNFQGRVTITADKPTSTVYMELNSLRAEDTAVYYCAREPGYYVGKNGFDVWGQGTMVTVSS VL chain of G17 (SEQ ID NO: 1333)SYELTQPPSVSKGLRQTAILTCTGDSNNVGHQGTAWLQQHQGHPPKLLSYRNGNRPSGISERFSASRSGNTASLTIIGLQPEDEADYYCSVWDSSLSAWV FGGGTKLTVL

Antibody H40: Variable Region Nucleic Acid Sequences

VH chain of H40 (SEQ ID NO: 1334)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAGGAAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCATGTAAGGCTTCTGGATACACCTTCACCGGTTATTATATTCACTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGACTTGAGTGGATGGGTTGGATCAACCCTATGACTGGTGGCACAAACTATGCACAGAAGTTTCAGGTCTGGGTCACCATGACCCGGGACACGTCCATCAACACAGCCTACATGGAGGTGAGCAGGCTGACATCTGACGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGGGGGGCTTCCGTATTACGATATTTTGACTGGCAGCCCGAGGCTCTTGATATCTGGGGCCTCGGGACCACGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA VL chain of H40 (SEQ ID NO: 1335)CAGCCTGTGCTGACTCAGCCACCCTCGGTGTCAGTGGCCCCAGGACAGACGGCCAGCATTCCCTGTGGGGGGAACAACATTGGAGGCTACAGTGTACACTGGTACCAACAAAAGCCGGGCCAGGCCCCCCTCTTGGTCATTTATGACGATAAAGACCGGCCCTCAGGGATCCCTGAGCGATTCTCTGGCGCCAACTCTGGGAGCACGGCCACCCTGACAATCAGCAGGGTCGAAGCCGGGGATGAGGGCGACTACTACTGTCAGGTGTGGGATAGTGGTAATGATCGTCCGCTGTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGCTGACCGTCCTA

Antibody H40: Variable Region Amino Acid Sequences

VH chain of H40 (SEQ ID NO: 1336)QVQLVQSGAEVRKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTGYYIHWVRQAPGQGLEWMGWINPMTGGTNYAQKFQVWVTMTRDTSINTAYMEVSRLTSDDTAVYYCARGASVLRYFDWQPEALDIWGLGTTVTVSS VL chain of H40 (SEQ ID NO: 1337)QPVLTQPPSVSVAPGQTASIPCGGNNIGGYSVHWYQQKPGQAPLLVIYDDKDRPSGIPERFSGANSGSTATLTISRVEAGDEGDYYCQVWDSGNDRPLFG GGTKLTVL

Antibody A66 Variable Region Nucleic Acid Sequences

VH chain of A66 (SEQ ID NO: 1338)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAAGTGAAGAAGCCTGGCTCCTCGGTGAAGGTTTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCCCCTTCAGCATGACTGCTTTCACCTGGCTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGTGGGATCAGCCCTATCTTTCGTACACCGAAGTACGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACGATTACCGCGGACGAATCCACGAACACAGCCAACATGGAGCTGACCAGCCTGAAATCTGAGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAACCCTTTCCTCCTACCAACCGAATAATGATGCTTTTGCTATCTGGGGCCAAGGGAC AATGGTCACCGTCTCTTCAVK chain of A66 (SEQ ID NO: 1339)GAAATTGTGTTGACGCAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAGCTACTTAGCCTGGTACCAACAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGATGCATCCAACAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGCCAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGACTGGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTCTATTTCTGTCAGCAGTATGGTAGCTCACCTCAATTCGGCCAAGGG ACACGACTGGAGATTAAA

Antibody A66 Variable Region Amino Acid Sequences

VH chain of A66 (SEQ ID NO: 1340)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFSMTAFTWLRQAPGQGLEWMGGISPIFRTPKYAQKFQGRVTITADESTNTANMELTSLKSEDTAVYYCARTL VK chain of A66 (SEQID NO: 1341) SSYQPNNDAFAIWGQGTMVTVSSEIVLTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYDASNRATGIPARFSGSGSGTDFTLT ISRLEPEDFAVYFCQQYGSSPQFGQGTRLEIK

Antibody E88 Variable Region Nucleic Acid Sequences

VH chain of E88 (SEQ ID NO: 1342)CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAAGTGAAGAAGCCTGGCTCCTCGGTGAAGGTTTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCCCCTTCAGCATGACTGCTTTCACCTGGCTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGTGGGATCAGCCCTATCTTTCGTACACCGAAGTACGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACGATTACCGCGGACGAATCCACGAACACAGCCAACATGGAGCTGACCAGCCTGAAATCTGAGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAACCCTTTCCTCCTACCAACCGAATAATGATGCTTTTGCTATCTGGGGCCAAGGGAC AATGGTCACCGTCTCTTCAVL chain of E88 (SEQ ID NO: 1343)CTGCCTGTGCTGACTCAGCCACCCTCAGCGTCTGGGACCCCCGGGCAGAGGGTCACCATCTCTTGTTCTGGAAGCAGCTCCAACATCGGAAGTAATACTGTAAACTGGTACCAGCAGCTCCCAGGAACGGCCCCCAAACTCCTCATCTATAGTAATAATCAGCGGCCCTCAGGGGTCCCTGACCGATTCTCTGGCTCCAGGTCAGGCACCTCAGCCTCCCTGGCCATCATTGGACTCCGGCCTGAGGATGAAGCTGATTATTACTGTCAGTCGTATGACAGCAGGCTCAGTGCTTCTCTCTTCGGAACTGGGACCACGGTCACCGTCCTC

Antibody E88 Variable Region Amino Acid Sequences

VH chain of E88 (SEQ ID NO: 1344)QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGPFSMTAFTWLRQAPGQGLEWMGGISPIFRTPKYAQKFQGRVTITADESTNTANMELTSLKSEDTAVYYCARTLSSYQPNNDAFAIWGQGTMVTVSS VL chain of E88 (SEQ ID NO: 1345)LPVLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTISCSGSSSNIGSNTVNWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYSNNQRPSGVPDRFSGSRSGTSASLAIIGLRPEDEADYYCQSYDSRLSASL FGTGTTVTVL

The amino acid sequences of the heavy and light chain complementarydetermining regions of the neutralizing influenza antibodies are shownbelow in Table 18.

TABLE 18 SEQ SEQ SEQ ID ID ID ANTIBODY CHAIN CDR1 NO: CDR2 NO: CDR3 NO:CONSENSUS HEAVY SYAFS 299 GIIPMFGTPNYAQKFQG 1263 SSGYYYGGGFDV 1284D7/H98 HEAVY TNAFS 302 GVIPLFRTASYAQNV 1264 SSGYHFGRSHFDS 1285 QN D8/D80HEAVY AYAFT 305 GITGMFGTANYAQKF 1265 GLYYYESSLDY 1286 QG F10/E90 HEAVYSFAIS 600 GISPMFGTPNYAQKF 1266 SPSYICSGGTCVF 1287 QG DH G17 HEAVY SYAIS606 GIIGVFGVPKYAQKFQG 1267 EPGYYGKNGFDV 1288 H40 HEAVY GYYIH 630WINPMTGGTNYAQKF 1268 GASVLRYFDWQP 1289 QV EALDI A66 HEAVY MTAFT 641GISPIFRTPKYAQKFQG 1269 TLSSYQPNNDAF 1290 AI E88 HEAVY MTAFT 647GISPIFRTPKYAQKFQG 1270 TLSSYQPNNDAF 1291 AI 2A HEAVY DNAIS 668GIIPIFGKPNYAQKFQG 1271 DSDAYYYGSGG 1292 MDV CONSENSUS LIGHT TGSSSMNIGN757 SNSDRPS 1272 QSYDSLSAYV 1293 YVA D7 LIGHT TGSSSNIAAN 1252 EDDRRPS1273 QTYDTNNHAV 1294 YVQ D8 LIGHT TGTSSDVGGY 1253 EVTKRPS 1274CSYAGHSAYV 1295 NSVS F10 LIGHT TGNSNNVGN 1254 RNNDRPS 1275 STWDSSLSAVV1296 QGAA G17 LIGHT TGNSNNVGH 1255 RNGNRPS 1276 SVWDSSLSAWV 1297 QGTAH40 LIGHT GGNNIGGYSVH 1256 DDKDRPS 1277 QVWDSGNDRPL 1298 A66 LIGHTRASQSVSSYLA 1257 DASNRAT 1278 QQYGSSPQF 1299 D80 LIGHT RASQSLSSKY 1258GASSRAT 1279 QQYDGVPRT 1300 LA E88 LIGHT SGSSSNIGSNT 1259 SNNQRPS 1280QSYDSRLSASL 1301 VN E90 LIGHT RASQSISSYLN 1260 AASSLQR 1281 QQYDSSPYT1302 H98 LIGHT SGGTSNIGRN 1261 SNEQRPS 1282 ASWDDNLSGWV 1303 HVN 2ALIGHT TLSSGHSNYIIA 1262 VNSDGSHTKGD 1283 ETWDTKIHV 1304

Antibodies

Unless otherwise defined, scientific and technical terms used inconnection with the present invention shall have the meanings that arecommonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art. Further,unless otherwise required by context, singular terms shall includepluralities and plural terms shall include the singular. Generally,nomenclatures utilized in connection with, and techniques of, cell andtissue culture, molecular biology, and protein and oligo- orpolynucleotide chemistry and hybridization described herein are thosewell known and commonly used in the art. Standard techniques are usedfor recombinant DNA, oligonucleotide synthesis, and tissue culture andtransformation (e.g., electroporation, lipofection). Enzymatic reactionsand purification techniques are performed according to manufacturer'sspecifications or as commonly accomplished in the art or as describedherein. The practice of the present invention will employ, unlessindicated specifically to the contrary, conventional methods ofvirology, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology and recombinantDNA techniques within the skill of the art, many of which are describedbelow for the purpose of illustration. Such techniques are explainedfully in the literature. See, e.g., Sambrook, et al. Molecular Cloning:A Laboratory Manual (2nd Edition, 1989); Maniatis et al. MolecularCloning: A Laboratory Manual (1982); DNA Cloning: A Practical Approach,vol. I & II (D. Glover, ed.); Oligonucleotide Synthesis (N. Gait, ed.,1984); Nucleic Acid Hybridization (B. Hames & S. Higgins, eds., 1985);Transcription and Translation (B. Hames & S. Higgins, eds., 1984);Animal Cell Culture (R. Freshney, ed., 1986); Perbal, A Practical Guideto Molecular Cloning (1984).

The nomenclatures utilized in connection with, and the laboratoryprocedures and techniques of, analytical chemistry, synthetic organicchemistry, and medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry described hereinare those well known and commonly used in the art. Standard techniquesare used for chemical syntheses, chemical analyses, pharmaceuticalpreparation, formulation, and delivery, and treatment of patients.

The following definitions are useful in understanding the presentinvention:

The term “antibody” (Ab) as used herein includes monoclonal antibodies,polyclonal antibodies, multispecific antibodies (e.g., bispecificantibodies), and antibody fragments, so long as they exhibit the desiredbiological activity. The term “immunoglobulin” (Ig) is usedinterchangeably with “antibody” herein.

An “isolated antibody” is one that has been separated and/or recoveredfrom a component of its natural environment. Contaminant components ofits natural environment are materials that would interfere withdiagnostic or therapeutic uses for the antibody, and may includeenzymes, hormones, and other proteinaceous or nonproteinaceous solutes.In preferred embodiments, the antibody is purified: (1) to greater than95% by weight of antibody as determined by the Lowry method, and mostpreferably more than 99% by weight; (2) to a degree sufficient to obtainat least 15 residues of N-terminal or internal amino acid sequence byuse of a spinning cup sequenator; or (3) to homogeneity by SDS-PAGEunder reducing or non-reducing conditions using Coomassie blue or,preferably, silver stain. Isolated antibody includes the antibody insitu within recombinant cells since at least one component of theantibody's natural environment will not be present. Ordinarily, however,isolated antibody will be prepared by at least one purification step.

The basic four-chain antibody unit is a heterotetrameric glycoproteincomposed of two identical light (L) chains and two identical heavy (H)chains. An IgM antibody consists of 5 of the basic heterotetramer unitalong with an additional polypeptide called J chain, and thereforecontain 10 antigen binding sites, while secreted IgA antibodies canpolymerize to form polyvalent assemblages comprising 2-5 of the basic4-chain units along with J chain. In the case of IgGs, the 4-chain unitis generally about 150,000 daltons. Each L chain is linked to an H chainby one covalent disulfide bond, while the two H chains are linked toeach other by one or more disulfide bonds depending on the H chainisotype. Each H and L chain also has regularly spaced intrachaindisulfide bridges. Each H chain has at the N-terminus, a variable domain(V_(H)) followed by three constant domains (C_(H)) for each of the a andy chains and four C_(H) domains for μ and ε isotypes. Each L chain hasat the N-terminus, a variable domain (V_(L)) followed by a constantdomain (C_(L)) at its other end. The V_(L) is aligned with the V_(H) andthe C_(L) is aligned with the first constant domain of the heavy chain(C_(H)1). Particular amino acid residues are believed to form aninterface between the light chain and heavy chain variable domains. Thepairing of a V_(H) and V_(L) together forms a single antigen-bindingsite. For the structure and properties of the different classes ofantibodies, see, e.g., Basic and Clinical Immunology, 8th edition,Daniel P. Stites, Abba I. Terr and Tristram G. Parslow (eds.), Appleton& Lange, Norwalk, Conn., 1994, page 71, and Chapter 6.

The L chain from any vertebrate species can be assigned to one of twoclearly distinct types, called kappa (κ) and lambda (λ), based on theamino acid sequences of their constant domains (C_(L)). Depending on theamino acid sequence of the constant domain of their heavy chains(C_(H)), immunoglobulins can be assigned to different classes orisotypes. There are five classes of immunoglobulins: IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG,and IgM, having heavy chains designated alpha (α), delta (δ), epsilon(ε), gamma (γ) and mu (ξ), respectively. The γ and α classes are furtherdivided into subclasses on the basis of relatively minor differences inC_(H) sequence and function, e.g., humans express the followingsubclasses: IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, IgA1, and IgA2.

The term “variable” refers to the fact that certain segments of the Vdomains differ extensively in sequence among antibodies. The V domainmediates antigen binding and defines specificity of a particularantibody for its particular antigen. However, the variability is notevenly distributed across the 110-amino acid span of the variabledomains. Instead, the V regions consist of relatively invariantstretches called framework regions (FRs) of 15-30 amino acids separatedby shorter regions of extreme variability called “hypervariable regions”that are each 9-12 amino acids long. The variable domains of nativeheavy and light chains each comprise four FRs, largely adopting an-sheet configuration, connected by three hypervariable regions, whichform loops connecting, and in some cases forming part of, the β-sheetstructure. The hypervariable regions in each chain are held together inclose proximity by the FRs and, with the hypervariable regions from theother chain, contribute to the formation of the antigen-binding site ofantibodies (see Kabat et al., Sequences of Proteins of ImmunologicalInterest, 5th Ed. Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health,Bethesda, Md. (1991)). The constant domains are not involved directly inbinding an antibody to an antigen, but exhibit various effectorfunctions, such as participation of the antibody in antibody dependentcellular cytotoxicity (ADCC).

The term “hypervariable region” when used herein refers to the aminoacid residues of an antibody that are responsible for antigen binding.The hypervariable region generally comprises amino acid,residues from a“complemeniarity determining region” or “CDR” (e.g., around aboutresidues 24-34 (L1), 50-56 (L2) and 89-97 (L3) in the V_(L), and aroundabout 31-35 (H1), 50-65 (H2) and 95-102 (H3) in the V_(H) when numberedin accordance with the Kabat numbering system; Kabat et al., Sequencesof Proteins of Immunological Interest, 5th Ed. Public Health Service,National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. (1991)); and/or thoseresidues from a “hypervariable loop” (e.g., residues 24-34 (L1), 50-56(L2) and 89-97 (L3) in the V_(L), and 26-32 (H1), 52-56 (H2) and 95-101(H3) in the V_(H) when numbered in accordance with the Chothia numberingsystem; Chothia and Lesk, J. Mol. Biol. 196:901-917 (1987)); and/orthose residues from a “hypervariable loop”/CDR (e.g., residues 27-38(L1), 56-65 (L2) and 105-120 (L3) in the V_(L), and 27-38 (H1), 56-65(H2) and 105-120 (H3) in the V_(H) when numbered in accordance with theIMGT numbering system; Lefranc, M. P. et al. Nucl. Acids Res. 27:209-212(1999), Ruiz, M. e al. Nucl. Acids Res. 28:219-221 (2000)). Optionallythe antibody has symmetrical insertions at one or more of the followingpoints 28, 36 (L1), 63, 74-75 (L2) and 123 (L3) in the V_(L), and 28, 36(H1), 63, 74-75 (H2) and 123 (H3) in the V_(H) when numbered inaccordance with AHo; Honneger, A. and Plunkthun, A. J. Mol. Biol.309:657-670 (2001)).

By “germline nucleic acid residue” is meant the nucleic acid residuethat naturally occurs in a germline gene encoding a constant or variableregion. “Germline gene” is the DNA found in a germ cell (i.e., a celldestined to become an egg or in the sperm). A “germline mutation” refersto a heritable change in a particular DNA that has occurred in a germcell or the zygote at the single-cell stage, and when transmitted tooffspring, such a mutation is incorporated in every cell of the body. Agermline mutation is in contrast to a somatic mutation which is acquiredin a single body cell. In some cases, nucleotides in a germline DNAsequence encoding for a variable region are mutated (i.e., a somaticmutation) and replaced with a different nucleotide.

The term “monoclonal antibody” as used herein refers to an antibodyobtained from a population of substantially homogeneous antibodies,i.e., the individual antibodies comprising the population are identicalexcept for possible naturally occurring mutations that may be present inminor amounts. Monoclonal antibodies are highly specific, being directedagainst a single antigenic site. Furthermore, in contrast to polyclonalantibody preparations that include different antibodies directed againstdifferent determinants (epitopes), each monoclonal antibody is directedagainst a single determinant on the antigen. In addition to theirspecificity, the monoclonal antibodies are advantageous in that they maybe synthesized uncontaminated by other antibodies. The modifier“monoclonal” is not to be construed as requiring production of theantibody by any particular method. For example, the monoclonalantibodies useful in the present invention may be prepared by thehybridoma methodology first described by Kohler et al., Nature, 256:495(1975), or may be made using recombinant DNA methods in bacterial,eukaryotic animal or plant cells (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,567).The “monoclonal antibodies” may also be isolated from phage antibodylibraries using the techniques described in Clackson et al., Nature,352:624-628 (1991) and Marks et al., J. Mol. Biol., 222:581-597 (1991),for example.

The monoclonal antibodies herein include “chimeric” antibodies in whicha portion of the heavy and/or light chain is identical with orhomologous to corresponding sequences in antibodies derived from aparticular species or belonging to a particular antibody class orsubclass, while the remainder of the chain(s) is identical with orhomologous to corresponding sequences in'antibodies derived from anotherspecies or belonging to another antibody class or subclass, as well asfragments of such antibodies, so long as they exhibit the desiredbiological activity (see U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,567; and Morrison et al.,Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 81:6851-6855 (1984)). The present inventionprovides variable domain antigen-binding sequences derived from humanantibodies. Accordingly, chimeric antibodies of primary interest hereininclude antibodies having one or more human antigen binding sequences(e.g., CDRs) and containing one or more sequences derived from anon-human antibody, e.g., an FR or C region sequence. In addition,chimeric antibodies of primary interest herein include those comprisinga human variable domain antigen binding sequence of one antibody classor subclass and another sequence, e.g., FR or C region sequence, derivedfrom another antibody class or subclass. Chimeric antibodies of interestherein also include those containing variable domain antigen-bindingsequences related to those described herein or derived from a differentspecies, such as a non-human primate (e.g., Old World Monkey, Ape, etc).Chimeric antibodies also include primatized and humanized antibodies.

Furthermore, chimeric antibodies may comprise residues that are notfound in the recipient antibody or in the donor antibody. Thesemodifications are made to further refine antibody performance. Forfurther details, see Jones et al., Nature 321:522-525 (1986); Riechmannet al., Nature 332:323-329 (1988); and Presta, Curr. Op. Struct. Biol.2:593-596 (1992).

A “humanized antibody” is generally considered to be a human antibodythat has one or more amino acid residues introduced into it from asource that is non-human. These non-human amino acid residues are oftenreferred to as “import” residues, which are typically taken from an“import” variable domain. Humanization is traditionally performedfollowing the method of Winter and co-workers (Jones et al., Nature,321:522-525 (1986); Reichmann et al., Nature, 332:323-327 (1988);Verhoeyen et al., Science, 239:1534-1536 (1988)), by substituting importhypervariable region sequences for the corresponding sequences of ahuman antibody. Accordingly, such “humanized” antibodies are chimericantibodies (U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,567) wherein substantially less than anintact human variable domain has been substituted by the correspondingsequence from a non-human species.

A “human antibody” is an antibody containing only sequences present inan antibody naturally produced by a human. However, as used herein,human antibodies may comprise residues or modifications not found in anaturally occurring human antibody, including those modifications andvariant sequences described herein. These are typically made to furtherrefine or enhance antibody performance.

An “intact” antibody is one that comprises an antigen-binding site aswell as a C_(L) and at least heavy chain constant domains, C_(H) 1,C_(H) 2 and C_(H) 3. The constant domains may be native sequenceconstant domains (e.g., human native sequence constant domains) or aminoacid sequence variant thereof. Preferably, the intact antibody has oneor more effector functions.

An “antibody fragment” comprises a portion of an intact antibody,preferably the antigen binding or variable region of the intactantibody. Examples of antibody fragments include Fab, Fab′, F(ab′)₂, andFv fragments; diabodies; linear antibodies (see U.S. Pat. No. 5,641,870;Zapata et al., Protein Eng. 8(10): 1057-1062 [1995]); single-chainantibody molecules; and multispecific antibodies formed from antibodyfragments.

The phrase “functional fragment or analog” of an antibody is a compoundhaving qualitative biological activity in common with a full-lengthantibody. For example, a functional fragment or analog of an anti-IgEantibody is one that can bind to an IgE immunoglobulin in such a mannerso as to prevent or substantially reduce the ability of such moleculefrom having the ability to bind to the high affinity receptor, Fc_(ε)RI.

Papain digestion of antibodies produces two identical antigen-bindingfragments, called “Fab” fragments, and a residual “Fc” fragment, adesignation reflecting the ability to crystallize readily. The Fabfragment consists of an entire L chain along with the variable regiondomain of the H chain (V_(H)), and the first constant domain of oneheavy chain (C_(H) 1). Each Fab fragment is monovalent with respect toantigen binding, i.e., it has a single antigen-binding site. Pepsintreatment of an antibody yields a single large F(ab′)₂ fragment thatroughly corresponds to two disulfide linked Fab fragments havingdivalent antigen-binding activity and is still capable of cross-linkingantigen. Fab′ fragments differ from Fab fragments by having additionalfew residues at the carboxy terminus of the C_(H) I domain including oneor more cysteines from the antibody hinge region. Fab′-SH is thedesignation herein for Fab′ in which the cysteine residue(s) of theconstant domains bear a free thiol group. F(ab′)₂ antibody fragmentsoriginally were produced as pairs of Fab′ fragments that have hingecysteines between them. Other chemical couplings of antibody fragmentsare also known.

The “Fc” fragment comprises the carboxy-terminal portions of both Hchains held together by disulfides. The effector functions of antibodiesare determined by sequences in the Fc region, which region is also thepart recognized by Fc receptors (FcR) found on certain types of cells.

“Fv” is the minimum antibody fragment that contains a completeantigen-recognition and -binding site. This fragment consists of a dimerof one heavy- and one light-chain variable region domain in tight,non-covalent association. From the folding of these two domains emanatesix hypervariable loops (three loops each from the H and L chain) thatcontribute the amino acid residues for antigen binding and conferantigen binding specificity to the antibody. However, even a singlevariable domain (or half of an Fv comprising only three CDRs specificfor an antigen) has the ability to recognize and bind antigen, althoughat a lower affinity than the entire binding site.

“Single-chain Fv” also abbreviated as “sFv” or “scFv” are antibodyfragments that comprise the V_(H) and V_(L) antibody domains connectedinto a single polypeptide chain. Preferably, the sFv polypeptide furthercomprises a polypeptide linker between the V_(H) and V_(L) domains thatenables the sFv to form the desired structure for antigen binding. For areview of sFv, see Pluckthun in The Pharmacology of MonoclonalAntibodies; vol. 113, Rosenburg and Moore eds., Springer-Verlag, NewYork, pp. 269-315 (1994); Borrebaeck 1995, infra.

The term “diabodies” refers to small antibody fragments prepared byconstructing sFv fragments (see preceding paragraph) with short linkers(about 5-10 residues) between the V_(H) and V_(L) domains such thatinter-chain but not intra-chain pairing of the V domains is achieved,resulting in a bivalent fragment, i.e., fragment having twoantigen-binding sites. Bispecific diabodies are heterodimers of two“crossover” sFv fragments in which the V_(H) and V_(L) domains of thetwo antibodies are present on different polypeptide chains. Diabodiesare described more fully in, for example, EP 404,097; WO 93/11161; andHollinger et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 90:6444-6448 (1993).

As used herein, an antibody that “internalizes” is one that is taken upby (i.e., enters) the cell upon binding to an antigen on a mammaliancell (e.g., a cell surface polypeptide or receptor). The internalizingantibody will of course include antibody fragments, human or chimericantibody, and antibody conjugates. For certain therapeutic applications,internalization in vivo is contemplated. The number of antibodymolecules internalized will be sufficient or adequate to kill a cell orinhibit its growth, especially an infected cell. Depending on thepotency of the antibody or antibody conjugate, in some instances, theuptake of a single antibody molecule into the cell is sufficient to killthe target cell to which the antibody binds. For example, certain toxinsare highly potent in killing such that internalization of one moleculeof the toxin conjugated to the antibody is sufficient to kill theinfected cell.

As used herein, an antibody is said to be “immunospecific,” “specificfor” or to “specifically bind” an antigen if it reacts at a detectablelevel with the antigen, preferably with an affinity constant, K_(a), ofgreater than or equal to about 10⁴ M⁻¹, or greater than or equal toabout 10⁵ M⁻¹, greater than or equal to about 10⁶ M⁻¹, greater than orequal to about 10⁷ M⁻¹, or greater than or equal to 10⁸ M⁻¹. Affinity ofan antibody for its cognate antigen is also commonly expressed as adissociation constant K_(D), and in certain embodiments, HuM2e antibodyspecifically binds to M2e if it binds with a K_(D) of less than or equalto 10⁻⁴ M, less than or equal to about 10⁻⁵ M, less than or equal toabout 10⁻⁶ M, less than or equal to 10⁻⁷ M, or less than or equal to10⁻⁸ M. Affinities of antibodies can be readily determined usingconventional techniques, for example, those described by Scatchard etal. (Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. USA 51:660 (1949)).

Binding properties of an antibody to antigens, cells or tissues thereofmay generally be determined and assessed using immunodetection methodsincluding, for example, immunofluorescence-based assays, such asimmuno-histochemistry (IHC) and/or fluorescence-activated cell sorting(FACS).

An antibody having a “biological characteristic” of a designatedantibody is one that possesses one or more of the biologicalcharacteristics of that antibody which distinguish it from otherantibodies. For example, in certain embodiments, an antibody with abiological characteristic of a designated antibody will bind the sameepitope as that bound by the designated antibody and/or have a commoneffector function as the designated antibody.

The term “antagonist” antibody is used in the broadest sense, andincludes an antibody that partially or fully blocks, inhibits, orneutralizes a biological activity of an epitope, polypeptide, or cellthat it specifically binds. Methods for identifying antagonistantibodies may comprise contacting a polypeptide or cell specificallybound by a candidate antagonist antibody with the candidate antagonistantibody and measuring a detectable change in one or more biologicalactivities normally associated with the polypeptide or cell.

An “antibody that inhibits the growth of infected cells” or a “growthinhibitory” antibody is one that binds to and results in measurablegrowth inhibition of infected cells expressing or capable of expressingan M2e epitope bound by an antibody. Preferred growth inhibitoryantibodies inhibit growth of infected cells by greater than 20%,preferably from about 20% to about 50%, and even more preferably, bygreater than 50% (e.g., from about 50% to about 100%) as compared to theappropriate control, the control typically being infected cells nottreated with the antibody being tested. Growth inhibition can bemeasured at an antibody concentration of about 0.1 to 30 μg/ml or about0.5 nM to 200 nM in cell culture, where the growth inhibition isdetermined 1-10 days after exposure of the infected cells to theantibody. Growth inhibition of infected cells in vivo can be determinedin various ways known in the art. The antibody is growth inhibitory invivo if administration of the antibody at about 1 μg/kg to about 100mg/kg body weight results in reduction the percent of infected cells ortotal number of infected cells within about 5 days to 3 months from thefirst administration of the antibody, preferably within about 5 to 30days.

An antibody that “induces apoptosis” is one which induces programmedcell death as determined by binding of annexin V, fragmentation of DNA,cell shrinkage, dilation of endoplasmic reticulum, cell fragmentation,and/or formation of membrane vesicles (called apoptotic bodies).Preferably the cell is an infected cell. Various methods are availablefor evaluating the cellular events associated with apoptosis. Forexample, phosphatidyl serine (PS) translocation can be measured byannexin binding; DNA fragmentation can be evaluated through DNAladdering; and nuclear/chromatin condensation along with DNAfragmentation can be evaluated by any increase in hypodiploid cells.Preferably, the antibody that induces apoptosis is one that results inabout 2 to 50 fold, preferably about 5 to 50 fold, and most preferablyabout 10 to 50 fold, induction of annexin binding relative to untreatedcell in an annexin binding assay.

Antibody “effector functions” refer to those biological activitiesattributable to the Fc region (a native sequence Fc region or amino acidsequence variant Fc region) of an antibody, and vary with the antibodyisotype. Examples of antibody effector functions include: C1q bindingand complement dependent cytotoxicity; Fc receptor binding;antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC); phagocytosis; downregulation of cell surface receptors (e.g., B cell receptor); and B cellactivation.

“Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity” or “ADCC” refers to aform of cytotoxicity in which secreted Ig bound to Fc receptors (FcRs)present on certain cytotoxic cells (e.g., Natural Killer (NK) cells,neutrophils, and macrophages) enable these cytotoxic effector cells tobind specifically to an antigen-bearing target cell and subsequentlykill the target cell with cytotoxins. The antibodies “arm” the cytotoxiccells and are required for such killing. The primary cells for mediatingADCC, NK cells, express FcγRIII only, whereas monocytes express FcγRI,FcγRII and FcγRIII. FcR expression on hematopoietic cells is summarizedin Table 3 on page 464 of Ravetch and Kinet, Annu. Rev. Immunol 9:457-92(1991). To assess ADCC activity of a molecule of interest, an in vitroADCC assay, such as that described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,500,362 or U.S.Pat. No. 5,821,337 may be performed. Useful effector cells for suchassays include peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and NaturalKiller (NK) cells. Alternatively, or additionally, ADCC activity of themolecule of interest may be assessed in vivo, e.g., in a animal modelsuch as that disclosed in Clynes et al., PNAS (USA) 95:652-656 (1998).

“Fc receptor” or “FcR” describes a receptor that binds to the Fc regionof an antibody. In certain embodiments, the FcR is a native sequencehuman FcR. Moreover, a preferred FcR is one that binds an IgG antibody(a gamma receptor) and includes receptors of the FcγRI, FcγRII, andFcγRIII subclasses, including allelic variants and alternatively splicedforms of these receptors. FCyRII receptors include FcγRIIA (an“activating receptor”) and FcγRIIB (an “inhibiting receptor”), whichhave similar amino acid sequences that differ primarily in thecytoplasmic domains thereof. Activating receptor FcγRIIA contains animmunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) in its cytoplasmicdomain. Inhibiting receptor FcγRIIB contains an immunoreceptortyrosine-based inhibition motif (ITIM) in its cytoplasmic domain. (seereview M. in Daeron, Annu. Rev. Immunol. 15:203-234 (1997)). FcRs arereviewed in Ravetch and Kinet, Annu. Rev. Immunol 9:457-92 (1991); Capelet al., Immunomethods 4:25-34 (1994); and de Haas et al., J. Lab. Clin.Med. 126:330-41 (1995). Other FcRs, including those to be identified inthe future, are encompassed by the term “FcR” herein. The term alsoincludes the neonatal receptor, FcRn, which is responsible for thetransfer of maternal IgGs to the fetus (Guyer et al., J. Immunol.117:587 (1976) and Kim et al., J. Immunol. 24:249 (1994)).

“Human effector cells” are leukocytes that express one or more FcRs andperform effector functions. Preferably, the cells express at leastFcγRIII and perform ADCC effector function. Examples of human leukocytesthat mediate ADCC include PBMC, NK cells, monocytes, cytotoxic T cellsand neutrophils; with PBMCs and NK cells being preferred. The effectorcells may be isolated from a native source, e.g., from blood.

“Complement dependent cytotoxicity” or “CDC” refers to the lysis of atarget cell in the presence of complement. Activation of the classicalcomplement pathway is initiated by the binding of the first component ofthe complement system (C1q) to antibodies (of the appropriate subclass)that are bound to their cognate antigen. To assess complementactivation, a CDC assay, e.g., as described in Gazzano-Santoro et al.,J. Immunol. Methods 202:163 (1996), may be performed.

The terms “influenza A” and “Influenzavirus A” refer to a genus of theOrthomyxoviridae family of viruses. Influenzavirus A includes only onespecies: influenza A virus which cause influenza in birds, humans, pigs,and horses. Strains of all subtypes of influenza A virus have beenisolated from wild birds, although disease is uncommon. Some isolates ofinfluenza A virus cause severe disease both in domestic poultry and,rarely, in humans.

A “mammal” for purposes of treating n infection, refers to any mammal,including humans, domestic and farm animals, and zoo, sports, or petanimals, such as dogs, cats, cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, goats,rabbits, etc. Preferably, the mammal is human.

“Treating” or “treatment” or “alleviation” refers to both therapeutictreatment and prophylactic or preventative measures; wherein the objectis to prevent or slow down (lessen) the targeted pathologic condition ordisorder. Those in need of treatment include those already with thedisorder as well as those prone to have the disorder or those in whomthe disorder is to be prevented. A subject or mammal is successfully“treated” for an infection if, after receiving a therapeutic amount ofan antibody according to the methods of the present invention, thepatient shows observable and/or measurable reduction in or absence ofone or more of the following: reduction in the number of infected cellsor absence of the infected cells; reduction in the percent of totalcells that are infected; and/or relief to some extent, one or more ofthe symptoms associated with the specific infection; reduced morbidityand mortality, and improvement in quality of life issues. The aboveparameters for assessing successful treatment and improvement in thedisease are readily measurable by routine procedures familiar to aphysician.

The term “therapeutically effective amount” refers to an amount of anantibody or a drug effective to “treat” a disease or disorder in asubject or mammal. See preceding definition of “treating.”

“Chronic” administration refers to administration of the agent(s) in acontinuous mode as opposed to an acute mode, so as to maintain theinitial therapeutic effect (activity) for an extended period of time.“Intermittent” administration is treatment that is not consecutivelydone without interruption, but rather is cyclic in nature.

Administration “in combination with” one or more further therapeuticagents includes simultaneous (concurrent) and consecutive administrationin any order.

“Carriers” as used herein include pharmaceutically acceptable carriers,excipients, or stabilizers that are nontoxic to the cell or mammal beingexposed thereto at the dosages and concentrations employed. Often thephysiologically acceptable carrier is an aqueous pH buffered solution.Examples of physiologically acceptable carriers include buffers such asphosphate, citrate, and other organic acids; antioxidants includingascorbic acid; low molecular weight (less than about 10 residues)polypeptide; proteins, such as serum albumin, gelatin, orimmunoglobulins; hydrophilic polymers such as polyvinylpyrrolidone;amino acids such as glycine, glutamine, asparagine, arginine or lysine;monosaccharides, disaccharides, and other carbohydrates includingglucose, mannose, or dextrins; chelating agents such as EDTA; sugaralcohols such as mannitol or sorbitol; salt-forming counterions such assodium; and/or nonionic surfactants such as TWEENTM polyethylene glycol(PEG), and PLURONICS™.

The term “cytotoxic agent” as used herein refers to a substance thatinhibits or prevents the function of cells and/or causes destruction ofcells. The term is intended to include radioactive isotopes (e.g.,At²¹¹, I¹³¹, I¹²⁵, Y⁹⁰, Re¹⁸⁶, Re¹⁸⁸, Sm¹⁵³, Bi²¹², P³² and radioactiveisotopes of Lu), chemotherapeutic agents e.g., methotrexate, adriamicin,vinca alkaloids (vincristine, vinblastine, etoposide), doxorubicin,melphalan, mitomycin C, chlorambucil, daunorubicin or otherintercalating agents, enzymes and fragments thereof such as nucleolyticenzymes, antibiotics, and toxins such as small molecule toxins orenzymatically active toxins of bacterial, fungal, plant or animalorigin, including fragments and/or variants thereof, and the variousantitumor or anticancer agents disclosed below. Other cytotoxic agentsare described below.

A “growth inhibitory agent” when used herein refers to a compound orcomposition which inhibits growth of a cell, either in vitro or in vivo.Examples of growth inhibitory agents include agents that block cellcycle progression, such as agents that induce G1 arrest and M-phasearrest. Classical M-phase blockers include the vinca alkaloids(vincristine, vinorelbine and vinblastine), taxanes, and topoisomeraseII inhibitors such as doxorubicin, epirubicin, daunorubicin, etoposide,and bleomycin. Those agents that arrest G1 also spill over into S-phasearrest, for example, DNA alkylating agents such as tamoxifen,prednisone, dacarbazine, mechlorethamine, cisplatin, methotrexate,5-fluorouracil, and ara-C. Further information can be found in TheMolecular Basis of Cancer, Mendelsohn and Israel, eds., Chapter 1,entitled “Cell cycle regulation, oncogenes, and antineoplastic drugs” byMurakami et al. (W B Saunders: Philadelphia, 1995), especially p. 13.The taxanes (paclitaxel and docetaxel) are anticancer drugs both derivedfrom the yew tree. Docetaxel (TAXOTERETM, Rhone-Poulenc Rorer), derivedfrom the European yew, is a semisynthetic analogue of paclitaxel(TAXOL®, Bristol-Myers Squibb). Paclitaxel and docetaxel promote theassembly of microtubules from tubulin dimers and stabilize microtubulesby preventing depolymerization, which results in the inhibition ofmitosis in cells.

“Label” as used herein refers to a detectable compound or compositionthat is conjugated directly or indirectly to the antibody so as togenerate a “labeled” antibody. The label may be detectable by itself(e.g., radioisotope labels or fluorescent labels) or, in the case of anenzymatic label, may catalyze chemical alteration of a substratecompound or composition that is detectable.

The term “epitope tagged” as used herein refers to a chimericpolypeptide comprising a polypeptide fused to a “tag polypeptide.” Thetag polypeptide has enough residues to provide an epitope against whichan antibody can be made, yet is short enough such that it does notinterfere with activity of the polypeptide to which it is fused. The tagpolypeptide is also preferably fairly unique so that the antibody doesnot substantially, cross-react with other epitopes. Suitable tagpolypeptides generally have at least six amino acid residues and usuallybetween about 8 and 50 amino acid residues (preferably, between about 10and 20 amino acid residues).

A “small molecule” is defined herein to have a molecular weight belowabout 500 Daltons.

The terms “nucleic acid” and “polynucleotide” are used interchangeablyherein to refer to single- or double-stranded RNA, DNA, or mixedpolymers. Polynucleotides may include genomic sequences, extra-genomicand plasmid sequences, and smaller engineered gene segments thatexpress, or may be adapted to express polypeptides.

An “isolated nucleic acid” is a nucleic acid that is substantiallyseparated from other genome DNA sequences as well as proteins orcomplexes such as ribosomes and polymerases, which naturally accompany anative sequence. The term embraces a nucleic acid sequence that has beenremoved from its naturally occurring environment, and includesrecombinant or cloned DNA isolates and chemically synthesized analoguesor analogues biologically synthesized by heterologous systems. Asubstantially pure nucleic acid includes isolated forms of the nucleicacid. Of course, this refers to the nucleic acid as originally isolatedand does not exclude genes or sequences later added to the isolatednucleic acid by the hand of man.

The term “polypeptide” is used in its conventional meaning, i.e., as asequence of amino acids. The polypeptides are not limited to a specificlength of the product. Peptides, oligopeptides, and proteins areincluded within the definition of polypeptide, and such terms may beused interchangeably herein unless specifically indicated otherwise.This term also does not refer to or exclude post-expressionmodifications of the polypeptide, for example, glycosylations,acetylations, phosphorylations and the like, as well as othermodifications known in the art, both naturally occurring andnon-naturally occurring. A polypeptide may be an entire protein, or asubsequence thereof. Particular polypeptides of interest in the contextof this invention are amino acid subsequences comprising CDRs and beingcapable of binding an antigen or Influenza A-infected cell.

An “isolated polypeptide” is one that has been identified and separatedand/or recovered from a component of its natural environment. Inpreferred embodiments, the isolated polypeptide will be purified (1) togreater than 95% by weight of polypeptide as determined by the Lowrymethod, and most preferably more than 99% by weight, (2) to a degreesufficient to obtain at least 15 residues of N-terminal or internalamino acid sequence by use of a spinning cup sequenator, or (3) tohomogeneity by SDS-PAGE under reducing or non-reducing conditions usingCoomassie blue or, preferably, silver stain. Isolated polypeptideincludes the polypeptide in situ within recombinant cells since at leastone component of the polypeptide's natural environment will not bepresent. Ordinarily, however, isolated polypeptide will be prepared byat least one purification step.

A “native sequence” polynucleotide is one that has the same nucleotidesequence as a polynucleotide derived from nature. A “native sequence”polypeptide is one that has the same amino acid sequence as apolypeptide (e.g., antibody) derived from nature (e.g., from anyspecies). Such native sequence polynucleotides and polypeptides can beisolated from nature or can be produced by recombinant or syntheticmeans.

A polynucleotide “variant,” as the term is used herein, is apolynucleotide that typically differs from a polynucleotide specificallydisclosed herein in one or more substitutions, deletions, additionsand/or insertions. Such variants may be naturally occurring or may besynthetically generated, for example, by modifying one or more of thepolynucleotide sequences of the invention and evaluating one or morebiological activities of the encoded polypeptide as described hereinand/or using any of a number of techniques well known in the art.

A polypeptide “variant,” as the term is used herein, is a polypeptidethat typically differs from a polypeptide specifically disclosed hereinin one or more substitutions, deletions, additions and/or insertions.Such variants may be naturally occurring or may be syntheticallygenerated, for example, by modifying one or more of the abovepolypeptide sequences of the invention and evaluating one or morebiological activities of the polypeptide as described herein and/orusing any of a number of techniques well known in the art.

Modifications may be made in the structure of the polynucleotides andpolypeptides of the present invention and still obtain a functionalmolecule that encodes a variant or derivative polypeptide with desirablecharacteristics. When it is desired to alter the amino acid sequence ofa polypeptide to create an equivalent, or even an improved, variant orportion of a polypeptide of the invention, one skilled in the art willtypically change one or more of the codons of the encoding DNA sequence.

For example, certain amino acids may be substituted for other aminoacids in a protein structure without appreciable loss of its ability tobind other polypeptides (e.g., antigens) or cells. Since it is thebinding capacity and nature of a protein that defines that protein'sbiological functional activity, certain amino acid sequencesubstitutions can be made in a protein sequence, and, of course, itsunderlying DNA coding sequence, and nevertheless obtain a protein withlike properties. It is thus contemplated that various changes may bemade in the peptide sequences of the disclosed compositions, orcorresponding DNA sequences that encode said peptides withoutappreciable loss of their biological utility or activity.

In many instances, a polypeptide variant will contain one or moreconservative substitutions. A “conservative substitution” is one inwhich an amino acid is substituted for another amino acid that hassimilar properties, such that one skilled in the art of peptidechemistry would expect the secondary structure and hydropathic nature ofthe polypeptide to be substantially unchanged.

In making such changes, the hydropathic index of amino acids may beconsidered. The importance of the hydropathic amino acid index inconferring interactive biologic function on a protein is generallyunderstood in the art (Kyte and Doolittle, 1982). It is accepted thatthe relative hydropathic character of the amino acid contributes to thesecondary structure of the resultant protein, which in turn defines theinteraction of the protein with other molecules, for example, enzymes,substrates, receptors, DNA, antibodies, antigens, and the like. Eachamino acid has been assigned a hydropathic index on the basis of itshydrophobicity and charge characteristics (Kyte and Doolittle, 1982).These values are: isoleucine (+4.5); valine (+4.2); leucine (+3.8);phenylalanine (+2.8); cysteine/cystine (+2.5); methionine (+1.9);alanine (+1.8); glycine (−0.4); threonine (−0.7); serine (−0.8);tryptophan (−0.9); tyrosine (−1.3); proline (−1.6); histidine (−3.2);glutamate (−3.5); glutamine (−3.5); aspartate (−3.5); asparagine (−3.5);lysine (−3.9); and arginine (−4.5).

It is known in the art that certain amino acids may be substituted byother amino acids having a similar hydropathic index or score and stillresult in a protein with similar biological activity, i.e. still obtaina biological functionally equivalent protein. In making such changes,the substitution of amino acids whose hydropathic indices are within ±2is preferred, those within ±1 are particularly preferred, and thosewithin ±0.5 are even more particularly preferred. It is also understoodin the art that the substitution of like amino acids can be madeeffectively on the basis of hydrophilicity. U.S. Pat. No. 4,554,101states that the greatest local average hydrophilicity of a protein, asgoverned by the hydrophilicity of its adjacent amino acids, correlateswith a biological property of the protein.

As detailed in U. S. Patent 4,554,101, the following hydrophilicityvalues have been assigned to amino acid residues: arginine (+3.0);lysine (+3.0); aspartate (+3.0±1); glutamate (+3.0±1); serine (+0.3);asparagine (+0.2); glutamine (+0.2); glycine (0); threonine (−0.4);proline (−0.5±1); alanine (−0.5); histidine (−0.5); cysteine (−1.0);methionine (−1.3); valine (−1.5); leucine (−1.8); isoleucine (−1.8);tyrosine (−2.3); phenylalanine (−2.5); tryptophan (−3.4). It isunderstood that an amino acid can be substituted for another having asimilar hydrophilicity value and still obtain a biologically equivalent,and in particular, an immunologically equivalent protein. In suchchanges, the substitution of amino acids whose hydrophilicity values arewithin ±2 is preferred, those within ±1 are particularly preferred, andthose within ±0.5 are even more particularly preferred.

As outlined above, amino acid substitutions are generally thereforebased on the relative similarity of the amino acid side-chainsubstituents, for example, their hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity, charge,size, and the like. Exemplary substitutions that take various of theforegoing characteristics into consideration are well known to those ofskill in the art and include: arginine and lysine; glutamate andaspartate; serine and threonine; glutamine and asparagine; and valine,leucine and isoleucine.

Amino acid substitutions may further be made on the basis of similarityin polarity, charge, solubility, hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity and/orthe amphipathic nature of the residues. For example, negatively chargedamino acids include aspartic acid and glutamic acid; positively chargedamino acids include lysine and arginine; and amino acids with unchargedpolar head groups having similar hydrophilicity values include leucine,isoleucine and valine; glycine and alanine; asparagine and glutamine;and serine, threonine, phenylalanine and tyrosine. Other groups of aminoacids that may represent conservative changes include: (1) ala, pro,gly, glu, asp, gln, asn, ser, thr; (2) cys, ser, tyr, thr; (3) val, ile,leu, met, ala, phe; (4) lys, arg, his; and (5) phe, tyr, trp, his. Avariant may also, or alternatively, contain nonconservative changes. Ina preferred embodiment, variant polypeptides differ from a nativesequence by substitution, deletion or addition of five amino acids orfewer. Variants may also (or alternatively) be modified by, for example,the deletion or addition of amino acids that have minimal influence onthe immunogenicity, secondary structure and hydropathic nature of thepolypeptide.

Polypeptides may comprise a signal (or leader) sequence at theN-terminal end of the protein, which co-translationally orpost-translationally directs transfer of the protein. The polypeptidemay also be conjugated to a linker or other sequence for ease ofsynthesis, purification or identification of the polypeptide (e.g.,poly-His), or to enhance binding of the polypeptide to a solid support.For example, a polypeptide may be conjugated to an immunoglobulin Fcregion.

When comparing polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences, two sequencesare said to be “identical” if the sequence of nucleotides or amino acidsin the two sequences is the same when aligned for maximumcorrespondence, as described below. Comparisons between two sequencesare typically performed by comparing the sequences over a comparisonwindow to identify and compare local regions of sequence similarity. A“comparison window” as used herein, refers to a segment of at leastabout 20 contiguous positions, usually 30 to about 75, 40 to about 50,in which a sequence may be compared to a reference sequence of the samenumber of contiguous positions after the two sequences are optimallyaligned.

Optimal alignment of sequences for comparison may be conducted using theMegalign program in the Lasergene suite of bioinformatics software(DNASTAR, Inc., Madison, WI), using default parameters. This programembodies several alignment schemes described in the followingreferences: Dayhoff, M. O. (1978) A model of evolutionary change inproteins—Matrices for detecting distant relationships. In Dayhoff, M. O.(ed.) Atlas of Protein Sequence and Structure, National BiomedicalResearch Foundation, Washington D.C. Vol. 5, Suppl. 3, pp. 345-358; HeinJ. (1990) Unified Approach to Alignment and Phylogenes pp. 626-645Methods in Enzymology vol. 183, Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, Calif.;Higgins, D. G. and Sharp, P. M. (1989) CABIOS 5:151-153; Myers, E.W. andMuller W. (1988) CABIOS 4:11-17; Robinson, E. D. (1971) Comb. Theor11:105; Santou, N. Nes, M. (1987) Mol. Biol. Evol. 4:406-425; Sneath, P.H. A. and Sokal, R. R. (1973) Numerical Taxonomy—the Principles andPractice of Numerical Taxonomy, Freeman Press, San Francisco, Calif.;Wilbur, W. J. and Lipman, D. J. (1983) Proc. Natl. Acad., Sci. USA80:726-730.

Alternatively, optimal alignment of sequences for comparison may beconducted by the local identity algorithm of Smith and Waterman (1981)Add. APL. Math 2:482, by the identity alignment algorithm of Needlemanand Wunsch (1970) J. Mol. Biol. 48:443, by the search for similaritymethods of Pearson and Lipman (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85:2444, by computerized implementations of these algorithms (GAP, BESTFIT,BLAST, FASTA, and TFASTA in the Wisconsin Genetics Software Package,Genetics Computer Group (GCG), 575 Science Dr., Madison, Wis.), or byinspection.

One preferred example of algorithms that are suitable for determiningpercent sequence identity and sequence similarity are the BLAST andBLAST 2.0 algorithms, which are described in Altschul et al. (1977)Nucl. Acids Res. 25:3389-3402 and Altschul et al. (1990) J. Mol. Biol.215:403-410, respectively. BLAST and BLAST 2.0 can be used, for examplewith the parameters described herein, to determine percent sequenceidentity for the polynucleotides and polypeptides of the invention.Software for performing BLAST analyses is publicly available through theNational Center for Biotechnology Information.

In one illustrative example, cumulative scores can be calculated using,for nucleotide sequences, the parameters M (reward score for a pair ofmatching residues; always >0) and N (penalty score for mismatchingresidues; always <0). Extension of the word hits in each direction arehalted when: the cumulative alignment score falls off by the quantity Xfrom its maximum achieved value; the cumulative score goes to zero orbelow, due to the accumulation of one or more negative-scoring residuealignments; or the end of either sequence is reached. The BLASTalgorithm parameters W, T and X determine the sensitivity and speed ofthe alignment. The BLASTN program (for nucleotide sequences) uses asdefaults a wordlength (W) of 11, and expectation (E) of 10, and theBLOSUM62 scoring matrix (see Henikoff and Henikoff (1989) Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci. USA 89:10915) alignments, (B) of 50, expectation (E) of 10,M=5, N=−4 and a comparison of both strands.

For amino acid sequences, a scoring matrix can be used to calculate thecumulative score. Extension of the word hits in each direction arehalted when: the cumulative alignment score falls off by the quantity Xfrom its maximum achieved value; the cumulative score goes to zero orbelow, due to the accumulation of one or more negative-scoring residuealignments; or the end of either sequence is reached. The BLASTalgorithm parameters W, T and X determine the sensitivity and speed ofthe alignment.

In one approach, the “percentage of sequence identity” is determined bycomparing two optimally aligned sequences over a window of comparison ofat least 20 positions, wherein the portion of the polynucleotide orpolypeptide sequence in the comparison window may comprise additions ordeletions (i.e., gaps) of 20 percent or less, usually 5 to 15 percent,or 10 to 12 percent, as compared to the reference sequences (which doesnot comprise additions or deletions) for optimal alignment of the twosequences. The percentage is calculated by determining the number ofpositions at which the identical nucleic acid bases or amino acidresidues occur in both sequences to yield the number of matchedpositions, dividing the number of matched positions by the total numberof positions in the reference sequence (i.e., the window size) andmultiplying the results by 100 to yield the percentage of sequenceidentity.

“Homology” refers to the percentage of residues in the polynucleotide orpolypeptide sequence variant that are identical to the non-variantsequence after aligning the sequences and introducing gaps, ifnecessary, to achieve the maximum percent homology. In particularembodiments, polynucleotide and polypeptide variants have at least 70%,at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 98%, orat least 99% polynucleotide or polypeptide homology with apolynucleotide or polypeptide described herein.

“Vector” includes shuttle and expression vectors. Typically, the plasmidconstruct will also include an origin of replication (e.g., the ColE1origin of replication) and a selectable marker (e.g., ampicillin ortetracycline resistance), for replication and selection, respectively,of the plasmids in bacteria. An “expression vector” refers to a vectorthat contains the necessary control sequences or regulatory elements forexpression of the antibodies including antibody fragment of theinvention, in bacterial or eukaryotic cells. Suitable vectors aredisclosed below.

As used in this specification and the appended claims, the singularforms “a,” “an” and “the” include plural references unless the contentclearly dictates otherwise.

The present invention includes human monoclonal anti-influenzaantibodies comprising a polypeptide of the present invention, as well asfragments and variants thereof. In one embodiment, the antibody is anantibody designated herein as TCN-032 (8I10), 21B15, TCN-031 (23K12),3241_(—)023, 3244_I10, 3243_J07, 3259_J121, 3245_O19, 3244_H04,3136_(—)005, 3252_C13, 3255_J06, 3420_I23, 3139_P23, 3248_P18, 3253_P10,3260_D19, 3362_B11, 3242_P05, TCN-522 (3212_I12), TCN-521 (3280_D18),TCN-523 (5248_A17), TCN-563 (5237_B21), TCN-526 (5084_C17), TCN-527(5086_C06), TCN-528 (5087_P17), TCN-529 (5297_H01), TCN-530 (5248_H10),TCN-531 (5091_H13), TCN-532 (5262_H18), TCN-533 (5256_A17), TCN-534(5249_B02), TCN-535 (5246_P19), TCN-536 (5095_N01), TCN-537 (3194_D21),TCN-538 (3206_D17), TCN-539 (5056_A08), TCN-540 (5060_F05), TCN-541(5062_M11), TCN-542 (5079_A16), TCN-543 (5081_G23), TCN-544 (5082_A19),TCN-545 (5082_(—)115), TCN-546 (5089_L08), TCN-547 (5092_F11), TCN-548(5092_P01), TCN-549 (5092_P04), TCN-550 (5096_F06), TCN-551 (5243_D01),TCN-552 (5249_I23), TCN-553 (5261_C18), TCN-554 (5277_M05), TCN-555(5246_L16), TCN-556 (5089_K12), TCN-557 (5081_A04), TCN 558 (5248_H10b),TCN-559 (5097_G08), TCN-560 (5084_P10), TCN-504 (325 l_K17), SC06-141,SC06-255, SC06-257, SC06-260, SC06-261, SC06-262, SC06-268, SC06-272,SC06-296, SC06-301, SC06-307, SC06-310, SC06-314, SC06-323, SC06-325,SC06-327, SC06-328, SC06-329, SC06-331, SC06-332, SC06-334, SC06-336,SC06-339, SC06-342, SC06-343, SC06-344, CR6141, CR6255, CR6257, CR6260,CR6261, CR6262, CR6268, CR6272, CR6296, CR6301, CR6307, CR6310, CR6314,CR6323, CR6325, CR6327, CR6328, CR6329, CR6331, CR6332, CR6334, CR6336,CR6339, CR6342, CR6343, or CR6344. These antibodies preferentially bindto or specifically bind to influenza A infected cells as compared touninfected control cells of the same cell type.

In particular embodiments, the antibodies of the present invention bindto the M2 or HA protein. In certain embodiments, the present inventionprovides human anti-influenza antibodies that bind to epitopes withinM2e or HA that are only present in the native conformation, i.e., asexpressed in cells. In particular embodiments, these antibodies fail tospecifically bind to an isolated M2e polypeptide, e.g., the 23 aminoacid residue M2e fragment or an isolated HA polypeptide. It isunderstood that these antibodies recognize non-linear (i.e.conformational) epitope(s) of the M2 or HA peptide or protein.

These specific conformational epitopes within the M2 or HA protein, andparticularly within M2e, may be used as vaccines to prevent thedevelopment of influenza infection within a subject.

As will be understood by the skilled artisan, general description ofantibodies herein and methods of preparing and using the same also applyto individual antibody polypeptide constituents and antibody fragments.

The antibodies of the present invention may be polyclonal or monoclonalantibodies. However, in preferred embodiments, they are monoclonal. Inparticular embodiments, antibodies of the present invention are fullyhuman antibodies. Methods of producing polyclonal and monoclonalantibodies are known in the art and described generally, e.g., in U.S.Pat. No. 6,824,780. Typically, the antibodies of the present inventionare produced recombinantly, using vectors and methods available in theart, as described further below. Human antibodies may also be generatedby in vitro activated B cells (see U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,567,610 and5,229,275).

Human antibodies may also be produced in transgenic animals (e.g., mice)that are capable of producing a full repertoire of human antibodies inthe absence of endogenous immunoglobulin production. For example, it hasbeen described that the homozygous deletion of the antibody heavy-chainjoining region (J_(H)) gene in chimeric and germ-line mutant miceresults in complete inhibition of endogenous antibody production.Transfer of the human germ-line immunoglobulin gene array into suchgerm-line mutant mice results in the production of human antibodies uponantigen challenge. See, e.g., Jakobovits et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.USA, 90:2551 (1993); Jakobovits et al., Nature, 362:255-258 (1993);Bruggemann et al., Year in Immuno., 7:33 (1993); U.S. Pat. Nos.5,545,806, 5,569,825, 5,591,669 (all of GenPharm); U.S. Pat. No.5,545,807; and WO 97/17852. Such animals may be genetically engineeredto produce human antibodies comprising a polypeptide of the presentinvention.

In certain embodiments, antibodies of the present invention are chimericantibodies that comprise sequences derived from both human and non-humansources. In particular embodiments, these chimeric antibodies arehumanized or primatized™. In practice, humanized antibodies aretypically human antibodies in which some hypervariable region residuesand possibly some FR residues are substituted by residues from analogoussites in rodent antibodies.

In the context of the present invention, chimeric antibodies alsoinclude fully human antibodies wherein the human hypervariable region orone or more CDRs are retained, but one or more other regions of sequencehave been replaced by corresponding sequences from a non-human animal.

The choice of non-human sequences, both light and heavy, to be used inmaking the chimeric antibodies is important to reduce antigenicity andhuman anti-non-human antibody responses when the antibody is intendedfor human therapeutic use. It is further important that chimericantibodies retain high binding affinity for the antigen and otherfavorable biological properties. To achieve this goal, according to apreferred method, chimeric antibodies are prepared by a process ofanalysis of the parental sequences and various conceptual chimericproducts using three-dimensional models of the parental human andnon-human sequences. Three-dimensional immunoglobulin models arecommonly available and are familiar to those skilled in the art.Computer programs are available which illustrate and display probablethree-dimensional conformational structures of selected candidateimmunoglobulin sequences. Inspection of these displays permits analysisof the likely role of the residues in the functioning of the candidateimmunoglobulin sequence, i.e., the analysis of residues that influencethe ability of the candidate immunoglobulin to bind its antigen. In thisway, FR residues can be selected and combined from the recipient andimport sequences so that the desired antibody characteristic, such asincreased affinity for the target antigen(s), is achieved. In general,the hypervariable region residues are directly and most substantiallyinvolved in influencing antigen binding.

As noted above, antibodies (or immunoglobulins) can be divided into fivedifferent classes, based on differences in the amino acid sequences inthe constant region of the heavy chains. All immunoglobulins within agiven class have very similar heavy chain constant regions. Thesedifferences can be detected by sequence studies or more commonly byserological means (i.e. by the use of antibodies directed to thesedifferences). Antibodies, or fragments thereof, of the present inventionmay be any class, and may, therefore, have a gamma, mu, alpha, delta, orepsilon heavy chain. A gamma chain may be gamma 1, gamma 2, gamma 3, orgamma 4; and an alpha chain may be alpha 1 or alpha 2.

In a preferred embodiment, an antibody of the present invention, orfragment thereof, is an IgG. IgG is considered the most versatileimmunoglobulin, because it is capable of carrying out all of thefunctions of immunoglobulin molecules. IgG is the major Ig in serum, andthe only class of Ig that crosses the placenta. IgG also fixescomplement, although the IgG4 subclass does not. Macrophages, monocytes,PMN's and some lymphocytes have Fc receptors for the Fc region of IgG.Not all subclasses bind equally well; IgG2 and IgG4 do not bind to Fcreceptors. A consequence of binding to the Fc receptors on PMN's,monocytes and macrophages is that the cell can now internalize theantigen better. IgG is an opsonin that enhances phagocytosis. Binding ofIgG to Fc receptors on other types of cells results in the activation ofother functions. Antibodies of the present invention may be of any IgGsubclass.

In another preferred embodiment, an antibody, or fragment thereof, ofthe present invention is an IgE. IgE is the least common serum Ig sinceit binds very tightly to Fc receptors on basophils and mast cells evenbefore interacting with antigen. As a consequence of its binding tobasophils an mast cells, IgE is involved in allergic reactions. Bindingof the allergen to the IgE on the cells results in the release ofvarious pharmacological mediators that result in allergic symptoms. IgEalso plays a role in parasitic helminth diseases. Eosinophils have Fcreceptors for IgE and binding of eosinophils to IgE-coated helminthsresults in killing of the parasite. IgE does not fix complement.

In various embodiments, antibodies of the present invention, andfragments thereof, comprise a variable light chain that is either kappaor lambda. The lamba chain may be any of subtype, including, e.g.,lambda 1, lambda 2, lambda 3, and lambda 4.

As noted above, the present invention further provides antibodyfragments comprising a polypeptide of the present invention. In certaincircumstances there are advantages of using antibody fragments, ratherthan whole antibodies. For example, the smaller size of the fragmentsallows for rapid clearance, and may lead to improved access to certaintissues, such as solid tumors. Examples of antibody fragments include:Fab, Fab′, F(ab′)₂ and Fv fragments; diabodies; linear antibodies;single-chain antibodies; and multispecific antibodies formed fromantibody fragments.

Various techniques have been developed for the production of antibodyfragments. Traditionally, these fragments were derived via proteolyticdigestion of intact antibodies (see, e.g., Morimoto et al., Journal ofBiochemical and Biophysical Methods 24:107-117 (1992); and Brennan etal., Science, 229:81 (1985)). However, these fragments can now beproduced directly by recombinant host cells. Fab, Fv and ScFv antibodyfragments can all be expressed in and secreted from E. coli, thusallowing the facile production of large amounts of these fragments.Fab′-SH fragments can be directly recovered from E. coli and chemicallycoupled to form F(ab′)₂ fragments (Carter et al., Bio/Technology10:163-167 (1992)). According to another approach, F(ab′)₂ fragments canbe isolated directly from recombinant host cell culture. Fab and F(ab′)₂fragment with increased in vivo half-life comprising a salvage receptorbinding epitope residues are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,869,046. Othertechniques for the production of antibody fragments will be apparent tothe skilled practitioner.

In other embodiments, the antibody of choice is a single chain Fvfragment (scFv). See WO 93/16185; U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,571,894; and5,587,458. Fv and sFv are the only species with intact combining sitesthat are devoid of constant regions. Thus, they are suitable for reducednonspecific binding during in vivo use. sFv fusion proteins may beconstructed to yield fusion of an effector protein at either the aminoor the carboxy terminus of an sFv. See Antibody Engineering, ed.Borrebaeck, supra. The antibody fragment may also be a “linearantibody”, e.g., as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,641,870 for example.Such linear antibody fragments may be monospecific or bispecific.

In certain embodiments, antibodies of the present invention arebispecific or multi-specific. Bispecific antibodies are antibodies thathave binding specificities for at least two different epitopes.Exemplary bispecific antibodies may bind to two different epitopes of asingle antigen. Other such antibodies may combine a first antigenbinding site with a binding site for a second antigen. Alternatively, ananti-M2e arm may be combined with an arm that binds to a triggeringmolecule on a leukocyte, such as a T-cell receptor molecule (e.g., CD3),or Fc receptors for IgG (FcγR), such as FcγRI (CD64), FcγRII (CD32) andFcγRIII (CD16), so as to focus and localize cellular defense mechanismsto the infected cell. Bispecific antibodies may also be used to localizecytotoxic agents to infected cells. These antibodies possess anM2e-binding arm and an arm that binds the cytotoxic agent (e.g.,saporin, anti-interferon-α, vinca alkaloid, ricin A chain, methotrexateor radioactive isotope hapten). Bispecific antibodies can be prepared asfull length antibodies or antibody fragments (e.g., F(ab′)₂ bispecificantibodies). WO 96/16673 describes a bispecific anti-ErbB2/anti-FcγRIIIantibody and U.S. Pat. No. 5,837,234 discloses a bispecificanti-ErbB2/anti-FcγRI antibody. A bispecific anti-ErbB2/Fcα antibody isshown in WO98/02463. U.S. Pat. No. 5,821,337 teaches a bispecificanti-ErbB2/anti-CD3 antibody.

Methods for making bispecific antibodies are known in the art.Traditional production of full length bispecific antibodies is based onthe co-expression of two immunoglobulin heavy chain-light chain pairs,where the two chains have different specificities (Millstein et al.,Nature, 305:537-539 (1983)). Because of the random assortment ofimmunoglobulin heavy and light chains, these hybridomas (quadromas)produce a potential mixture of ten different antibody molecules, ofwhich only one has the correct bispecific structure. Purification of thecorrect molecule, which is usually done by affinity chromatographysteps, is rather cumbersome, and the product yields are low. Similarprocedures are disclosed in WO 93/08829, and in Traunecker et al., EMBOJ., 10:3655-3659 (1991).

According to a different approach, antibody variable domains with thedesired binding specificities (antibody-antigen combining sites) arefused to immunoglobulin constant domain sequences. Preferably, thefusion is with an Ig heavy chain constant domain, comprising at leastpart of the hinge, C_(H)2, and C_(H)3 regions. It is preferred to havethe first heavy-chain constant region (C_(H)1) containing the sitenecessary for light chain bonding, present in at least one of thefusions. DNAs encoding the immunoglobulin heavy chain fusions and, ifdesired, the immunoglobulin light chain, are inserted into separateexpression vectors, and are co-transfected into a suitable host cell.This provides for greater flexibility in adjusting the mutualproportions of the three polypeptide fragments in embodiments whenunequal ratios of the three polypeptide chains used in the constructionprovide the optimum yield of the desired bispecific antibody. It is,however, possible to insert the coding sequences for two or all threepolypeptide chains into a single expression vector when the expressionof at least two polypeptide chains in equal ratios results in highyields or when the ratios have no significant affect on the yield of thedesired chain combination.

In a preferred embodiment of this approach, the bispecific antibodiesare composed of a hybrid immunoglobulin heavy chain with a first bindingspecificity in one arm, and a hybrid immunoglobulin heavy chain-lightchain pair (providing a second binding specificity) in the other arm. Itwas found that this asymmetric structure facilitates the separation ofthe desired bispecific compound from unwanted immunoglobulin chaincombinations, as the presence of an immunoglobulin light chain in onlyone half of the bispecific molecule provides for a facile way ofseparation. This approach is disclosed in WO 94/04690. For furtherdetails of generating bispecific antibodies see, for example, Suresh etal., Methods in Enzymology, 121:210 (1986).

According to another approach described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,731,168, theinterface between a pair of antibody molecules can be engineered tomaximize the percentage of heterodimers that are recovered fromrecombinant cell culture. The preferred interface comprises at least apart of the C_(H) 3 domain. In this method, one or more small amino acidside chains from the interface of the first antibody molecule arereplaced with larger side chains (e.g., tyrosine or tryptophan).Compensatory “cavities” of identical or similar size to the large sidechain(s) are created on the interface of the second antibody molecule byreplacing large amino acid side chains with smaller ones (e.g., alanineor threonine). This provides a mechanism for increasing the yield of theheterodimer over other unwanted end-products such as homodimers.

Bispecific antibodies include cross-linked or “heteroconjugate”antibodies. For example, one of the antibodies in the heteroconjugatecan be coupled to avidin, the other to biotin. Such antibodies have, forexample, been proposed to target immune system cells to unwanted cells(U.S. Pat. No. 4,676,980), and for treatment of HIV infection (WO91/00360, WO 92/200373, and EP 03089). Heteroconjugate antibodies may bemade using any convenient cross-linking methods. Suitable cross-linkingagents are well known in the art, and are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No.4,676,980, along with a number of cross-linking techniques.

Techniques for generating bispecific antibodies from antibody fragmentshave also been described in the literature. For example, bispecificantibodies can be prepared using chemical linkage. Brennan et al.,Science, 229: 81 (1985) describe a procedure wherein intact antibodiesare proteolytically cleaved to generate F(ab′)₂ fragments. Thesefragments are reduced in the presence of the dithiol complexing agent,sodium arsenite, to stabilize vicinal dithiols and preventintermolecular disulfide formation. The Fab′ fragments generated arethen converted to thionitrobenzoate (TNB) derivatives. One of theFab′-TNB derivatives is then reconverted to the Fab′-thiol by reductionwith mercaptoethylamine and is mixed with an equimolar amount of theother Fab′-TNB derivative to form the bispecific antibody. Thebispecific antibodies produced can be used as agents for the selectiveimmobilization of enzymes.

Recent progress has facilitated the direct recovery of Fab′-SH fragmentsfrom E. coli, which can be chemically coupled to form bispecificantibodies. Shalaby et al., J. Exp. Med., 175: 217-225 (1992) describethe production of a fully humanized bispecific antibody F(ab′)₂molecule. Each Fab′ fragment was separately secreted from E. coli andsubjected to directed chemical coupling in vitro to form the bispecificantibody. The bispecific antibody thus formed was able to bind to cellsoverexpressing the ErbB2 receptor and normal human T cells, as well astrigger the lytic activity of human cytotoxic lymphocytes against humanbreast tumor targets.

Various techniques for making and isolating bispecific antibodyfragments directly from recombinant cell culture have also beendescribed. For example, bispecific antibodies have been produced usingleucine zippers. Kostelny et al., J. Immunol., 148(5):1547-1553 (1992).The leucine zipper peptides from the Fos and Jun proteins were linked tothe Fab′ portions of two different antibodies by gene fusion. Theantibody homodimers were reduced at the hinge region to form monomersand then re-oxidized to form the antibody heterodimers. This method canalso be utilized for the production of antibody homodimers. The“diabody” technology described by Hollinger et al., Proc. Natl. Acad.Sci. USA, 90:6444-6448 (1993) has provided an alternative mechanism formaking bispecific antibody fragments. The fragments comprise a V_(H)connected to a V_(L) by a linker that is too short to allow pairingbetween the two domains on the same chain. Accordingly, the V_(H) andV_(L) domains of one fragment are forced to pair with the complementaryV_(L) and V_(H) domains of another fragment, thereby forming twoantigen-binding sites. Another strategy for making bispecific antibodyfragments by the use of single-chain Fv (sFv) dimers has also beenreported. See Gruber et al., J. Immunol., 152:5368 (1994).

Antibodies with more than two valencies are contemplated. For example,trispecific antibodies can be prepared. Tutt et al., J. Immunol. 147: 60(1991). A multivalent antibody may be internalized (and/or catabolized)faster than a bivalent antibody by a cell expressing an antigen to whichthe antibodies bind. The antibodies of the present invention can bemultivalent antibodies with three or more antigen binding sites (e.g.,tetravalent antibodies), which can be readily produced by recombinantexpression of nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide chains of theantibody. The multivalent antibody can comprise a dimerization domainand three or more antigen binding sites. The preferred dimerizationdomain comprises (or consists of) an Fc region or a hinge region. Inthis scenario, the antibody will comprise an Fc region and three or moreantigen binding sites amino-terminal to the Fc region. The preferredmultivalent antibody herein comprises (or consists of) three to abouteight, but preferably four, antigen binding sites. The multivalentantibody comprises at least one polypeptide chain (and preferably twopolypeptide chains), wherein the polypeptide chain(s) comprise two ormore variable domains. For instance, the polypeptide chain(s) maycomprise VD1-(X1)_(n)-VD2-(X2)_(n)-Fc, wherein VD1 is a first variabledomain, VD2 is a second variable domain, Fc is one polypeptide chain ofan Fc region, X1 and X2 represent an amino acid or polypeptide, and n is0 or 1. For instance, the polypeptide chain(s) may comprise:VH-CH1-flexible linker-VH-CH1-Fc region chain; or VH-CH1-VH-CH1-Fcregion chain. The multivalent antibody herein preferably furthercomprises at least two (and preferably four) light chain variable domainpolypeptides. The multivalent antibody herein may, for instance,comprise from about two to about eight light chain variable domainpolypeptides. The light chain variable domain polypeptides contemplatedhere comprise a light chain variable domain and, optionally, furthercomprise a C_(L) domain.

Antibodies of the present invention further include single chainantibodies.

In particular embodiments, antibodies of the present invention areinternalizing antibodies.

Amino acid sequence modification(s) of the antibodies described hereinare contemplated. For example, it may be desirable to improve thebinding affinity and/or other biological properties of the antibody.Amino acid sequence variants of the antibody may be prepared byintroducing appropriate nucleotide changes into a polynucleotide thatencodes the antibody, or a chain thereof, or by peptide synthesis. Suchmodifications include, for example, deletions from, and/or insertionsinto and/or substitutions of, residues within the amino acid sequencesof the antibody. Any combination of deletion, insertion, andsubstitution may be made to arrive at the final antibody, provided thatthe final construct possesses the desired characteristics. The aminoacid changes also may alter post-translational processes of theantibody, such as changing the number or position of glycosylationsites. Any of the variations and modifications described above forpolypeptides of the present invention may be included in antibodies ofthe present invention.

A useful method for identification of certain residues or regions of anantibody that are preferred locations for mutagenesis is called “alaninescanning mutagenesis” as described by Cunningham and Wells in Science,244:1081-1085 (1989). Here, a residue or group of target residues areidentified (e.g., charged residues such as arg, asp, his, lys, and glu)and replaced by a neutral or negatively charged amino acid (mostpreferably alanine or polyalanine) to affect the interaction of theamino acids with PSCA antigen. Those amino acid locations demonstratingfunctional sensitivity to the substitutions then are refined byintroducing further or other variants at, or for, the sites ofsubstitution. Thus, while the site for introducing an amino acidsequence variation is predetermined, the nature of the mutation per seneed not be predetermined. For example, to analyze the performance of amutation at a given site, ala scanning or random mutagenesis isconducted at the target codon or region and the expressed anti-antibodyvariants are screened for the desired activity.

Amino acid sequence insertions include amino- and/or carboxyl-terminalfusions ranging in length from one residue to polypeptides containing ahundred or more residues, as well as intrasequence insertions of singleor multiple amino acid residues. Examples of terminal insertions includean antibody with an N-terminal methionyl residue or the antibody fusedto a cytotoxic polypeptide. Other insertional variants of an antibodyinclude the fusion to the N- or C-terminus of the antibody to an enzyme(e.g., for ADEPT) or a polypeptide that increases the serum half-life ofthe antibody.

Another type of variant is an amino acid substitution variant. Thesevariants have at least one amino acid residue in the antibody moleculereplaced by a different residue. The sites of greatest interest forsubstitutional mutagenesis include the hypervariable regions, but FRalterations are also contemplated. Conservative and non-conservativesubstitutions are contemplated.

Substantial modifications in the biological properties of the antibodyare accomplished by selecting substitutions that differ significantly intheir effect on maintaining (a) the structure of the polypeptidebackbone in the area of the substitution, for example, as a sheet orhelical conformation, (b) the charge or hydrophobicity of the moleculeat the target site, or (c) the bulk of the side chain.

Any cysteine residue not involved in maintaining the proper conformationof the antibody also may be substituted, generally with serine, toimprove the oxidative stability of the molecule and prevent aberrantcrosslinking. Conversely, cysteine bond(s) may be added to the antibodyto improve its stability (particularly where the antibody is an antibodyfragment such as an Fv fragment).

One type of substitutional variant involves substituting one or morehypervariable region residues of a parent antibody. Generally, theresulting variant(s) selected for further development will have improvedbiological properties relative to the parent antibody from which theyare generated. A convenient way for generating such substitutionalvariants involves affinity maturation using phage display. Briefly,several hypervariable region sites (e.g., 6-7 sites) are mutated togenerate all possible amino substitutions at each site. The antibodyvariants thus generated are displayed in a monovalent fashion.fromfilamentous phage particles as fusions to the gene III product of M13packaged within each particle. The phage-displayed variants are thenscreened for their biological activity (e.g., binding affinity) asherein disclosed. In order to identify candidate hypervariable regionsites for modification, alanine scanning mutagenesis can be performed toidentify hypervariable region residues contributing significantly toantigen binding. Alternatively, or additionally, it may be beneficial toanalyze a crystal structure of the antigen-antibody complex to identifycontact points between the antibody and an antigen or infected cell.Such contact residues and neighboring residues are candidates forsubstitution according to the techniques elaborated herein. Once suchvariants are generated, the panel of variants is subjected to screeningas described herein and antibodies with superior properties in one ormore relevant assays may be selected for further development.

Another type of amino acid variant of the antibody alters the originalglycosylation pattern of the antibody. By altering is meant deleting oneor more carbohydrate moieties found in the antibody, and/or adding oneor more glycosylation sites that are not present in the antibody.

Glycosylation of antibodies is typically either N-linked or O-linked.N-linked refers to the attachment of the carbohydrate moiety to the sidechain of an asparagine residue. The tripeptide sequencesasparagine-X-serine and asparagine-X-threonine, where X is any aminoacid except proline, are the recognition sequences for enzymaticattachment of the carbohydrate moiety to the asparagine side chain.Thus, the presence of either of these tripeptide sequences in apolypeptide creates a potential glycosylation site. O-linkedglycosylation refers to the attachment of one of the sugarsN-aceylgalactosamine, galactose, or xylose to a hydroxyamino acid, mostcommonly serine or threonine, although 5-hydroxyproline or5-hydroxylysine may also be used.

Addition of glycosylation sites to the antibody is convenientlyaccomplished by altering the amino acid sequence such that it containsone or more of the above-described tripeptide sequences (for N-linkedglycosylation sites). The alteration may also be made by the additionof, or substitution by, one or more serine or threonine residues to thesequence of the original antibody (for 0-linked glycosylation sites).

The antibody of the invention is modified with respect to effectorfunction, e.g., so as to enhance antigen-dependent cell-mediatedcyotoxicity (ADCC) and/or complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) of theantibody. This may be achieved by introducing one or more amino acidsubstitutions in an Fc region of the antibody. Alternatively oradditionally, cysteine residue(s) may be introduced in the Fc region,thereby allowing interchain disulfide bond formation in this region. Thehomodimeric antibody thus generated may have improved internalizationcapability and/or increased complement-mediated cell killing andantibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). See Caron et al., J.Exp Med. 176:1191-1195 (1992) and Shopes, B. J. Immunol. 148:2918-2922(1992). Homodimeric antibodies with enhanced anti-infection activity mayalso be prepared using heterobifunctional cross-linkers as described inWolff et al., Cancer Research 53:2560-2565 (1993). Alternatively, anantibody can be engineered which has dual Fc regions and may therebyhave enhanced complement lysis and ADCC capabilities. See Stevenson etal., Anti-Cancer Drug Design 3:219-230 (1989).

To increase the serum half-life of the antibody, one may incorporate asalvage receptor binding epitope into the antibody (especially anantibody fragment) as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,739,277, for example.As used herein, the term “salvage receptor binding epitope” refers to anepitope of the Fc region of an IgG molecule (e.g., IgG₁, IgG₂, IgG₃, orIgG₄) that is responsible for increasing the in vivo serum half-life ofthe IgG molecule.

Antibodies of the present invention may also be modified to include anepitope tag or label, e.g., for use in purification or diagnosticapplications. The invention also pertains to therapy withimmunoconjugates comprising an antibody conjugated to an anti-canceragent such as a cytotoxic agent or a growth inhibitory agent.Chemotherapeutic agents useful in the generation of suchimmunoconjugates have been described above.

Conjugates of an antibody and one or more small molecule toxins, such asa calicheamicin, maytansinoids, a trichothene, and CC1065, and thederivatives of these toxins that have toxin activity, are alsocontemplated herein.

In one preferred embodiment, an antibody (full length or fragments) ofthe invention is conjugated to one or more maytansinoid molecules.Maytansinoids are mitototic inhibitors that act by inhibiting tubulinpolymerization. Maytansine was first isolated from the east Africanshrub Maytenus serrata (U.S. Pat. No. 3,896,111). Subsequently, it wasdiscovered that certain microbes also produce maytansinoids, such asmaytansinol and C-3 maytansinol esters (U.S. Pat. No. 4,151,042).Synthetic maytansinol and derivatives and analogues thereof aredisclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,137,230; 4,248,870;4,256,746; 4,260,608; 4,265,814; 4,294,757;4,307,016; 4,308,268;4,308,269; 4,309,428; 4,313,946; 4,315,929; 4,317,821; 4,322,348;4,331,598; 4,361,650; 4,364,866; 4,424,219; 4,450,254; 4,362,663; and4,371,533.

In an attempt to improve their therapeutic index, maytansine andmaytansinoids have been conjugated to antibodies specifically binding totumor cell antigens. Immunoconjugates containing maytansinoids and theirtherapeutic use are disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,208,020,5,416,064 and European Patent EP 0 425 235 B1. Liu et al., Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci. USA 93:8618-8623 (1996) described immunoconjugates comprisinga maytansinoid designated DM1 linked to the monoclonal antibody C242directed against human colorectal cancer. The conjugate was found to behighly cytotoxic towards cultured colon cancer cells, and showedantitumor activity in an in vivo tumor growth assay.

Antibody-maytansinoid conjugates are prepared by chemically linking anantibody to a maytansinoid molecule without significantly diminishingthe biological activity of either the antibody or the maytansinoidmolecule. An average of 3-4 maytansinoid molecules conjugated perantibody molecule has shown efficacy in enhancing cytotoxicity of targetcells without negatively affecting the function or solubility of theantibody, although even one molecule of toxin/antibody would be expectedto enhance cytotoxicity over the use of naked antibody. Maytansinoidsare well known in the art and can be synthesized by known techniques orisolated from natural sources. Suitable maytansinoids are disclosed, forexample, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,208,020 and in the other patents andnonpatent publications referred to hereinabove. Preferred maytansinoidsare maytansinol and maytansinol analogues modified in the aromatic ringor at other positions of the maytansinol molecule, such as variousmaytansinol esters.

There are many linking groups known in the art for making antibodyconjugates, including, for example, those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No.5,208,020 or EP Patent 0 425 235 B1, and Chari et al., Cancer Research52: 127-131 (1992). The linking groups include disufide groups,thioether groups, acid labile groups, photolabile groups, peptidaselabile groups, or esterase labile groups, as disclosed in theabove-identified patents, disulfide and thioether groups beingpreferred.

Immunoconjugates may be made using a variety of bifunctional proteincoupling agents such as N-succinimidyl-3-(2-pyridyldithio)propionate(SPDP), succinimidyl-4-(N-maleimidomethyl)cyclohexane-1-carboxylate,iminothiolane (IT), bifunctional derivatives of imidoesters (such asdimethyl adipimidate HCL), active esters (such as disuccinimidylsuberate), aldehydes (such as glutareldehyde), bis-azido compounds (suchas bis(p-azidobenzoyl)hexanediamine), bis-diazonium derivatives (such asbis-(p-diazoniumbenzoyl)-ethylenediamine), diisocyanates (such astoluene 2,6-diisocyanate), and bis-active fluorine compounds (such as1,5-difluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene). Particularly preferred coupling agentsinclude N-succinimidyl-3-(2-pyridyldithio)propionate (SPDP) (Carlsson etal., Biochem. J. 173:723-737 [1978]) andN-succinimidyl-4-(2-pyridylthio)pentanoate (SPP) to provide for adisulfide linkage. For example, a ricin immunotoxin can be prepared asdescribed in Vitetta et al., Science 238: 1098 (1987). Carbon-14-labeled1-isothiocyanatobenzyl-3-methyldiethylene triaminepentaacetic acid(MX-DTPA) is an exemplary chelating agent for conjugation ofradionucleotide to the antibody. See WO94/11026. The linker may be a“cleavable linker” facilitating release of the cytotoxic drug in thecell. For example, an acid-labile linker, Cancer Research 52: 127-131(1992); U.S. Pat. No. 5,208,020) may be used.

Another immunoconjugate of interest comprises an antibody conjugated toone or more calicheamicin molecules. The calicheamicin family ofantibiotics are capable of producing double-stranded DNA breaks atsub-picomolar concentrations. For the preparation of conjugates of thecalicheamicin family, see U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,712,374, 5,714,586,5,739,116, 5,767,285, 5,770,701, 5,770,710, 5,773,001, 5,877,296 (all toAmerican Cyanamid Company). Another drug that the antibody can beconjugated is QFA which is an antifolate. Both calicheamicin and QFAhave intracellular sites of action and do not readily cross the plasmamembrane. Therefore, cellular uptake of these agents through antibodymediated internalization greatly enhances their cytotoxic effects.

Examples of other agents that can be conjugated to the antibodies of theinvention include BCNU, streptozoicin, vincristine and 5-fluorouracil,the family of agents known collectively LL-E33288 complex described inU.S. Pat. Nos. 5,053,394, 5,770,710, as well as esperamicins (U.S. Pat.No. 5,877,296).

Enzymatically active toxins and fragments thereof that can be usedinclude, e.g., diphtheria A chain, nonbinding active fragments ofdiphtheria toxin, exotoxin A chain (from Pseudomonas aeruginosa), ricinA chain, abrin A chain, modeccin A chain, alpha-sarcin, Aleurites fordiiproteins, dianthin proteins, Phytolaca americana proteins (PAPI, PAPII,and PAP-S), momordica charantia inhibitor, curcin, crotin, sapaonariaofficinalis inhibitor, gelonin, mitogellin, restrictocin, phenomycin,enomycin and the tricothecenes. See, for example, WO 93/21232.

The present invention further includes an immunoconjugate formed betweenan antibody and a compound with nucleolytic activity (e.g., aribonuclease or a DNA endonuclease such as a deoxyribonuclease; DNase).

For selective destruction of infected cells, the antibody includes ahighly radioactive atom. A variety of radioactive isotopes are availablefor the production of radioconjugated anti-PSCA antibodies. Examplesinclude At²¹¹, I¹³¹, I¹²⁵, Y⁹⁰, Re¹⁸⁶, Rc¹⁸⁸, Sm¹⁵³, Bi²¹², P³², Pb²¹²and radioactive isotopes of Lu. When the conjugate is used fordiagnosis, it may comprise a radioactive atom for scintigraphic studies,for example tc^(99m) or I¹²³, or a spin label for nuclear magneticresonance (NMR) imaging (also known as magnetic resonance imaging, mri),such as iodine-123, iodine-131, indium-111, fluorine-19, carbon-13,nitrogen-15, oxygen-17, gadolinium, manganese or iron.

The radio- or other label is incorporated in the conjugate in knownways. For example, the peptide may be biosynthesized or may besynthesized by chemical amino acid synthesis using suitable amino acidprecursors involving, for example, fluorine-19 in place of hydrogen.Labels such as tc^(99m) or I¹²³, Re¹⁸⁶, Re¹⁸⁸ and In¹¹¹ can be attachedvia a cysteine residue in the peptide. Yttrium-90 can be attached via alysine residue. The IODOGEN method (Fraker et al. (1978) Biochem.Biophys. Res. Commun. 80: 49-57 can be used to incorporate iodine-123.“Monoclonal Antibodies in Immunoscintigraphy” (Chatal,CRC Press 1989)describes other methods in detail.

Alternatively, a fusion protein comprising the antibody and cytotoxicagent is made, e.g., by recombinant techniques or peptide synthesis. Thelength of DNA may comprise respective regions encoding the two portionsof the conjugate either adjacent one another or separated by a regionencoding a linker peptide which does not destroy the desired propertiesof the conjugate.

The antibodies of the present invention are also used in antibodydependent enzyme mediated prodrug therapy (ADET) by conjugating theantibody to a prodrug-activating enzyme which converts a prodrug (e.g.,a peptidyl chemotherapeutic agent, see WO81/01145) to an activeanti-cancer drug (see, e.g., WO 88/07378 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,975,278).

The enzyme component of the immunoconjugate useful for ADEPT includesany enzyme capable of acting on a prodrug in such a way so as to covertit into its more active, cytotoxic form. Enzymes that are useful in themethod of this invention include, but are not limited to, alkalinephosphatase useful for converting phosphate-containing prodrugs intofree drugs; arylsulthase useful for converting sulfate-containingprodrugs into free drugs; cytosine deaminase useful for convertingnon-toxic 5-fluorocytosine into the anti-cancer drug, 5-fluorouracil;proteases, such as serratia protease, thermolysin, subtilisin,carboxypeptidases and cathepsins (such as cathepsins B and L), that areuseful for converting peptide-containing prodrugs into free drugs;D-alanylcarboxypeptidases, useful for converting prodrugs that containD-amino acid substituents; carbohydrate-cleaving enzymes such asβ-galactosidase and neuraminidase useful for converting glycosylatedprodrugs into free drugs; β-lactamase useful for converting drugsderivatized with β-lactams into free drugs; and penicillin amidases,such as penicillin V amidase or penicillin G amidase, useful forconverting drugs derivatized at their amine nitrogens with phenoxyacetylor phenylacetyl groups, respectively, into free drugs. Alternatively,antibodies with enzymatic activity, also known in the art as “abzymes”,can be used to convert the prodrugs of the invention into free activedrugs (see, e.g., Massey, Nature 328: 457-458 (1987)). Antibody-abzymeconjugates can be prepared as described herein for delivery of theabzyme to a infected cell population.

The enzymes of this invention can be covalently bound to the antibodiesby techniques well known in the art such as the use of theheterobifunctional crosslinking reagents discussed above. Alternatively,fusion proteins comprising at least the antigen binding region of anantibody of the invention linked to at least a functionally activeportion of an enzyme of the invention can be constructed usingrecombinant DNA techniques well known in the art (see, e.g., Neubergeret al., Nature, 312: 604-608 (1984).

Other modifications of the antibody are contemplated herein. Forexample, the antibody may be linked to one of a variety ofnonproteinaceous polymers, e.g., polyethylene glycol, polypropyleneglycol, polyoxyalkylenes, or copolymers of polyethylene glycol andpolypropylene glycol. The antibody also may be entrapped inmicrocapsules prepared, for example, by coacervation techniques or byinterfacial polymerization (for example, hydroxymethylcellulose orgelatin-microcapsules and poly-(methylmethacylate) microcapsules,respectively), in colloidal drug delivery systems (for example,liposomes, albumin microspheres, microemulsions, nano-particles andnanocapsules), or in macroemulsions. Such techniques are disclosed inRemington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 16th edition, Oslo, A., Ed.,(1980).

The antibodies disclosed herein are also formulated as immunoliposomes.A “liposome” is a small vesicle composed of various types of lipids,phospholipids and/or surfactant that is useful for delivery of a drug toa mammal. The components of the liposome are commonly arranged in abilayer formation, similar to the lipid arrangement of biologicalmembranes. Liposomes containing the antibody are prepared by methodsknown in the art, such as described in Epstein et al., Proc. Natl. Acad.Sci. USA, 82:3688 (1985); Hwang et al., Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA,77:4030 (1980); U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,485,045 and 4,544,545; and WO97/38731published Oct. 23, 1997. Liposomes with enhanced circulation time aredisclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,013,556.

Particularly useful liposomes can be generated by the reverse phaseevaporation method with a lipid composition comprisingphosphatidylcholine, cholesterol and PEG-derivatizedphosphatidylethanolamine (PEG-PE). Liposomes are extruded throughfilters of defined pore size to yield liposomes with the desired adiameter. Fab′ fragments of the antibody of the present invention can beconjugated to the liposomes as described in Martin et al., J. Biol.Chem. 257: 286-288 (1982) via a disulfide interchange reaction. Achemotherapeutic agent is optionally contained within the liposome. SeeGabizon et al., J. National Cancer Inst. 81(19)1484 (1989).

Antibodies of the present invention, or fragments thereof, may possessany of a variety of biological or functional characteristics. In certainembodiments, these antibodies are Influenza A specific or M2 proteinspecific antibodies, indicating that they specifically bind to orpreferentially bind to Influenza A or the M2 protein thereof,respectively, as compared to a normal control cell. In particularembodiments, the antibodies are HuM2e antibodies, indicating that theyspecifically bind to a M2e protein, preferably to an epitope of the M2edomain that is only present when the M2 protein is expressed in cells orpresent on a virus, as compared to a normal control cell.

In particular embodiments, an antibody of the present invention is anantagonist antibody, which partially or fully blocks or inhibits abiological activity of a polypeptide or cell to which it specifically orpreferentially binds. In other embodiments, an antibody of the presentinvention is a growth inhibitory antibody, which partially or fullyblocks or inhibits the growth of an infected cell to which it binds. Inanother embodiment, an antibody of the present invention inducesapoptosis. In yet another embodiment, an antibody of the presentinvention induces or promotes antibody-dependent cell-mediatedcytotoxicity or complement dependent cytotoxicity.

Methods of Identifying and Producing Antibodies Specific for InfluenzaVirus

The present invention provides novel methods for the identification ofhuman anti-influenza antibodies raised against the M2e protein, asexemplified in Example 4, and for the identification of humananti-influenza antibodies raised against the HA protein, as exemplifiedin Example 13. These methods may be readily adapted to identifyantibodies specific for other polypeptides expressed on the cell surfaceby infectious agents, or even polypeptides expressed on the surface ofan infectious agent itself.

In general, the methods include obtaining serum samples from patientsthat have been infected with or vaccinated against an infectious agent.These serum samples are then screened to identify those that containantibodies specific for a particular polypeptide associated with theinfectious agent, such as, e.g., a polypeptide or protein specificallyexpressed on the surface of cells infected with the infectious agent,but not uninfected cells. In particular embodiments, the serum samplesare screened by contacting the samples with a cell that has beentransfected with an expression vector that expresses the polypeptideexpressed on the surface of infected cells.

Once a patient is identified as having serum containing an antibodyspecific for the infectious agent polypeptide of interest is identified,mononuclear and/or B cells obtained from the same patient are used toidentify a cell or clone thereof that produces the antibody, using anyof the methods described herein or available in the art. Once a B cellthat produces the antibody is identified, cDNAs encoding the variableregions or fragments thereof of the antibody may be cloned usingstandard RT-PCR vectors and primers specific for conserved antibodysequences, and subcloned in to expression vectors used for therecombinant production of monoclonal antibodies specific for theinfectious agent polypeptide of interest.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method ofidentifying an antibody that specifically binds influenza A-infectedcells, comprising: contacting an Influenza A virus or a cell expressingthe M2 protein with a biological sample obtained from a patient havingbeen infected by Influenza A; determining an amount of antibody in thebiological sample that binds to the cell; and comparing the amountdetermined with a control value, wherein if the value determined is atleast two-fold greater than the control value, an antibody thatspecifically binds influenza A-infected cells is indicated.

In various embodiments, the cells expressing an M2 or HA protein arecells infected with an Influenza A virus or cells that have beentransfected with a polynucleotide that expressed the M2 or HA protein.Alternatively, the cells may express a portion of the M2 protein thatincludes the M2e domain and enough additional M2 sequence that theprotein remains associated with the cell and the M2e domain is presentedon the cell surface in the same manner as when present within fulllength M2 protein. Methods of preparing an M2 or HA expression vectorand transfecting an appropriate cell, including those described herein,may be readily accomplished, in view of the M2 and HA sequences beingpublicly available. See, for example, the Influenza Sequence Database(ISD) (flu.lanl.gov on the World Wide Web, described in Macken et al.,2001, “The value of a database in surveillance and vaccine selection” inOptions for the Control of Influenza IV. A.D.M.E., Osterhaus & Hampson(Eds.), Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, pp. 103-106) and the MicrobialSequencing Center (MSC) at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR)(tigr.org/msc/infl_a_virus.shtml on the World Wide Web).

The M2e- or HA-expressing cells or virus described above are used toscreen the biological sample obtained from a patient infected withinfluenza A for the presence of antibodies that preferentially bind tothe cell expressing the M2 or HA polypeptide using standard biologicaltechniques. For example, in certain embodiments, the antibodies may belabeled, and the presence of label associated with the cell detected,e.g., using FMAT or FACs analysis. In particular embodiments, thebiological sample is blood, serum, plasma, bronchial lavage, or saliva.Methods of the present invention may be practiced using high throughputtechniques.

Identified human antibodies may then be characterized further. Forexample the particular conformational epitopes with in the M2e or HAprotein that are necessary or sufficient for binding of the antibody maybe determined, e.g., using site-directed mutagenesis of expressed M2e orHA polypeptides. These methods may be readily adapted to identify humanantibodies that bind any protein expressed on a cell surface.Furthermore, these methods may be adapted to determine binding of theantibody to the virus itself, as opposed to a cell expressingrecombinant M2e or HA, or infected with the virus.

Polynucleotide sequences encoding the antibodies, variable regionsthereof, or antigen-binding fragments thereof may be subcloned intoexpression vectors for the recombinant production of human monoclonalanti-M2e or anti-HA antibodies. In one embodiment, this is accomplishedby obtaining mononuclear cells from the patient from the serumcontaining the identified human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibodywas obtained; producing B cell clones from the mononuclear cells;inducing the B cells to become antibody-producing plasma cells; andscreening the supernatants produced by the plasma cells to determine ifit contains the human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibody. Once a Bcell clone that produces a human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibodyis identified, reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)is performed to clone the DNAs encoding the variable regions or portionsthereof of the human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibody. Thesesequences are then subcloned into expression vectors suitable for therecombinant production of human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HAantibodies. The binding specificity may be confirmed by determining therecombinant antibody's ability to bind cells expressing M2e or HApolypeptide or protein.

In particular embodiments of the methods described herein, B cellsisolated from peripheral blood or lymph nodes are sorted, e.g., based ontheir being CD19 positive, and plated, e.g., as low as a single cellspecificity per well, e.g., in 96, 384, or 1536 well configurations. Thecells are induced to differentiate into antibody-producing cells, e.g.,plasma cells, and the culture supernatants are harvested and tested forbinding to cells expressing the infectious agent polypeptide on theirsurface using, e.g., FMAT or FACS analysis. Positive wells are thensubjected to whole well RT-PCR to amplify heavy and light chain variableregions of the IgG molecule expressed by the clonal daughter plasmacells. The resulting PCR products encoding the heavy and light chainvariable regions, or portions thereof, are subcloned into human antibodyexpression vectors for recombinant expression. The resulting recombinantantibodies are then tested to confirm their original binding specificityand may be further tested for pan-specificity across various strains ofisolates of the infectious agent.

Thus, in one embodiment, a method of identifying human monoclonalanti-M2e or anti-HA antibodies is practiced as follows. First, fulllength or approximately full length M2 or HA cDNAs are transfected intoa cell line for expression of M2 or HA protein. Secondly, individualhuman plasma or sera samples are tested for antibodies that bind thecell-expressed M2 or HA. And lastly, MAbs derived from plasma- orserum-positive individuals are characterized for binding to the samecell-expressed M2 or HA. Further definition of the fine specificities ofthe MAbs can be performed at this point.

These methods may be practiced to identify a variety of different HuM2eantibodies, including antibodies specific for (a) epitopes in a linearM2e peptide, (b) common epitopes in multiple variants of M2e, (c)conformational determinants of an M2 homotetramer, and (d) commonconformational determinants of multiple variants of the M2 homotetramer.The last category is particularly desirable, as this specificity isperhaps specific for all A strains of influenza.

These methods may be practiced to identify a variety of different humanmonoclonal anti-HA antibodies, including antibodies specific for (a)epitopes in a linear HA peptide, (b) common epitopes in multiplevariants of HA, (c) conformational determinants of an HA protein orhomotrimer, and (d) common conformational determinants of multiplevariants of the HA protein or homotrimer. The last category isparticularly desirable, as this specificity is perhaps specific for allA strains of influenza.

Polynucleotides that encode the human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HAantibodies or portions thereof of the present invention may be isolatedfrom cells expressing human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibodies,according to methods available in the art and described herein,including amplification by polymerase chain reaction using primersspecific for conserved regions of human antibody polypeptides. Forexample, light chain and heavy chain variable regions may be cloned fromthe B cell according to molecular biology techniques described in WO92/02551; U.S. Pat. No. 5,627,052; or Babcook et al., Proc. Natl. Acad.Sci. USA 93:7843-48 (1996). In certain embodiments, polynucleotidesencoding all or a region of both the heavy and light chain variableregions of the IgG molecule expressed by the clonal daughter plasmacells expressing the human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibody aresubcloned and sequenced. The sequence of the encoded polypeptide may bereadily determined from the polynucleotide sequence.

Isolated polynucleotides encoding a polypeptide of the present inventionmay be subcloned into an expression vector to recombinantly produceantibodies and polypeptides of the present invention, using proceduresknown in the art and described herein.

Binding properties of an antibody (or fragment thereof) to M2e orinfected cells or tissues may generally be determined and assessed usingimmunodetection methods including, for example, immunofluorescence-basedassays, such as immuno-histochemistry (IHC) and/orfluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). Immunoassay methods mayinclude controls and procedures to determine whether antibodies bindspecifically to M2e from one or more specific strains of Influenza A,and do not recognize or cross-react with normal control cells.

Following pre-screening of serum to identify patients that produceantibodies to an infectious agent or polypeptide thereof, e.g., M2 orHA, the methods of the present invention typically include the isolationor purification of B cells from a biological sample previously obtainedfrom a patient or subject. The patient or subject may be currently orpreviously diagnosed with or suspect or having a particular disease orinfection, or the patient or subject may be considered free or aparticular disease or infection. Typically, the patient or subject is amammal and, in particular embodiments, a human. The biological samplemay be any sample that contains B cells, including but not limited to,lymph node or lymph node tissue, pleural effusions, peripheral blood,ascites, tumor tissue, or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). In variousembodiments, B cells are isolated from different types of biologicalsamples, such as a biological sample affected by a particular disease orinfection. However, it is understood that any biological samplecomprising B cells may be used for any of the embodiments of the presentinvention.

Once isolated, the B cells are induced to produce antibodies, e.g., byculturing the B cells under conditions that support B cell proliferationor development into a plasmacyte, plasmablast, or plasma cell. Theantibodies are then screened, typically using high throughputtechniques, to identify an antibody that specifically binds to a targetantigen, e.g., a particular tissue, cell, infectious agent, orpolypeptide. In certain embodiments, the specific antigen, e.g., cellsurface polypeptide bound by the antibody is not known, while in otherembodiments, the antigen specifically bound by the antibody is known.

According to the present invention, B cells may be isolated from abiological sample, e.g., a tumor, tissue, peripheral blood or lymph nodesample, by any means known and available in the art. B cells aretypically sorted by FACS based on the presence on their surface of a Bcell-specific marker, e.g., CD19, CD138, and/or surface IgG. However,other methods known in the art may be employed, such as, e.g., columnpurification using CD19 magnetic beads or IgG-specific magnetic beads,followed by elution from the column. However, magnetic isolation of Bcells utilizing any marker may result in loss of certain B cells.Therefore, in certain embodiments, the isolated cells are not sortedbut, instead, phicol-purified mononuclear cells isolated from tumor aredirectly plated to the appropriate or desired number of specificitiesper well.

In order to identify B cells that produce an infectious agent-specificantibody, the B cells are typically plated at low density (e.g., asingle cell specificity per well, 1-10 cells per well, 10-100 cells perwell, 1-100 cells per well, less than 10 cells per well, or less than100 cells per well) in multi-well or microtitre plates, e.g., in 96,384, or 1536 well configurations. When the B cells are initially platedat a density greater than one cell per well, then the methods of thepresent invention may include the step of subsequently diluting cells ina well identified as producing an antigen-specific antibody, until asingle cell specificity per well is achieved, thereby facilitating theidentification of the B cell that produces the antigen-specificantibody. Cell supernatants or a portion thereof and/or cells may befrozen and stored for future testing and later recovery of antibodypolynucleotides.

In certain embodiments, the B cells are cultured under conditions thatfavor the production of antibodies by the B cells. For example, the Bcells may be cultured under conditions favorable for B cellproliferation and differentiation to yield antibody-producingplasmablast, plasmacytes, or plasma cells. In particular embodiments,the B cells are cultured in the presence of a B cell mitogen, such aslipopolysaccharide (LPS) or CD40 ligand. In one specific embodiment, Bcells are differentiated to antibody-producing cells by culturing themwith feed cells and/or other B cell activators, such as CD40 ligand.

Cell culture supernatants or antibodies obtained therefrom may be testedfor their ability to bind to a target antigen, using routine methodsavailable in the art, including those described herein. In particularembodiments, culture supernatants are tested for the presence ofantibodies that bind to a target antigen using high-throughput methods.For example, B cells may be cultured in multi-well microtitre dishes,such that robotic plate handlers may be used to simultaneously samplemultiple cell supernatants and test for the presence of antibodies thatbind to a target antigen. In particular embodiments, antigens are boundto beads, e.g., paramagnetic or latex beads) to facilitate the captureof antibody/antigen complexes. In other embodiments, antigens andantibodies are fluorescently labeled (with different labels) and FACSanalysis is performed to identify the presence of antibodies that bindto target antigen. In one embodiment, antibody binding is determinedusing FMAT™ analysis and instrumentation (Applied Biosystems, FosterCity, Calif.). FMAT™ is a fluorescence macro-confocal platform forhigh-throughput screening, which mix-and-read, non-radioactive assaysusing live cells or beads.

In the context of comparing the binding of an antibody to a particulartarget antigen (e.g., a biological sample such as infected tissue orcells, or infectious agents) as compared to a control sample (e.g., abiological sample such as uninfected cells, or a different infectiousagent), in various embodiments, the antibody is considered topreferentially bind a particular target antigen if at least two-fold, atleast three-fold, at least five-fold, or at least ten-fold more antibodybinds to the particular target antigen as compared to the amount thatbinds a control sample.

Polynucleotides encoding antibody chains, variable regions thereof, orfragments thereof, may be isolated from cells utilizing any meansavailable in the art. In one embodiment, polynucleotides are isolatedusing polymerase chain reaction (PCR), e.g., reverse transcription-PCR(RT-PCR) using oligonucleotide primers that specifically bind to heavyor light chain encoding polynucleotide sequences or complements thereofusing routine procedures available in the art. In one embodiment,positive wells are subjected to whole well RT-PCR to amplify the heavyand light chain variable regions of the IgG molecule expressed by theclonal daughter plasma cells. These PCR products may be sequenced.

The resulting PCR products encoding the heavy and light chain variableregions or portions thereof are then subcloned into human antibodyexpression vectors and recombinantly expressed according to routineprocedures in the art (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 7,112,439). The nucleicacid molecules encoding a tumor-specific antibody or fragment thereof,as described herein, may be propagated and expressed according to any ofa variety of well-known procedures for nucleic acid excision, ligation,transformation, and transfection. Thus, in certain embodimentsexpression of an antibody fragment may be preferred in a prokaryotichost cell, such as Escherichia coli (see, e.g., Pluckthun et al.,Methods Enzymol. 178:497-515 (1989)). In certain other embodiments,expression of the antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof may bepreferred in a eukaryotic host cell, including yeast (e.g.,Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, and Pichiapastoris); animal cells (including mammalian cells); or plant cells.Examples of suitable animal cells include, but are not limited to,myeloma, COS, CHO, or hybridoma cells. Examples of plant cells includetobacco, corn, soybean, and rice cells. By methods known to those havingordinary skill in the art and based on the present disclosure, a nucleicacid vector may be designed for expressing foreign sequences in aparticular host system, and then polynucleotide sequences encoding thetumor-specific antibody (or fragment thereof) may be inserted. Theregulatory elements will vary according to the particular host.

One or more replicable expression vectors containing a polynucleotideencoding a variable and/or constant region may be prepared and used totransform an appropriate cell line, for example, a non-producing myelomacell line, such as a mouse NSO line or a bacterium, such as E. coli, inwhich production of the antibody will occur. In order to obtainefficient transcription and translation, the polynucleotide sequence ineach vector should include appropriate regulatory sequences,particularly a promoter and leader sequence operatively linked to thevariable domain sequence. Particular methods for producing antibodies inthis way are generally well known and routinely used. For example,molecular biology procedures are described by Sambrook et al. (MolecularCloning, A Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,New York, 1989; see also Sambrook et al., 3rd ed., Cold Spring HarborLaboratory, New York, (2001)). While not required, in certainembodiments, regions of polynucleotides encoding the recombinantantibodies may be sequenced. DNA sequencing can be performed asdescribed in Sanger et al. (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74:5463 (1977))and the Amersham International plc sequencing handbook and includingimprovements thereto.

In particular embodiments, the resulting recombinant antibodies orfragments thereof are then tested to confirm their original specificityand may be further tested for pan-specificity, e.g., with relatedinfectious agents. In particular embodiments, an antibody identified orproduced according to methods described herein is tested for cellkilling via antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) orapoptosis, and/or well as its ability to internalize.

Polynucleotides

The present invention, in other aspects, provides polynucleotidecompositions. In preferred embodiments, these polynucleotides encode apolypeptide of the invention, e.g., a region of a variable chain of anantibody that binds to Influenza A, M2, M2e, or HA (soluble orrecombinant). Polynucleotides of the invention are single-stranded(coding or antisense) or double-stranded DNA (genomic, cDNA orsynthetic) or RNA molecules. RNA molecules include, but are not limitedto, HnRNA molecules, which contain introns and correspond to a DNAmolecule in a one-to-one manner, and mRNA molecules, which do notcontain introns. Alternatively, or in addition, coding or non-codingsequences are present within a polynucleotide of the present invention.Also alternatively, or in addition, a polynucleotide is linked to othermolecules and/or support materials of the invention. Polynucleotides ofthe invention are used, e.g., in hybridization assays to detect thepresence of an Influenza A antibody in a biological sample, and in therecombinant production of polypeptides of the invention.

Therefore, according to another aspect of the present invention,polynucleotide compositions are provided that include some or all of apolynucleotide sequences set forth herein, complements of thesepolynucleotide sequences, and degenerate variants of thesepolynucleotide sequences. In certain preferred embodiments, thepolynucleotide sequences set forth herein encode polypeptides capable ofpreferentially binding a Influenza A-infected cell as compared to anormal control uninfected cell, including a polypeptide having asequence set forth herein. Furthermore, the invention includes allpolynucleotides that encode any polypeptide of the present invention.

In other related embodiments, the invention provides polynucleotidevariants having substantial identity to the sequences set forth herein,for example those comprising at least 70% sequence identity, preferablyat least 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% or higher,sequence identity compared to a polynucleotide sequence of thisinvention, as determined using the methods described herein, (e.g.,BLAST analysis using standard parameters). One skilled in this art willrecognize that these values can be appropriately adjusted to determinecorresponding identity of proteins encoded by two nucleotide sequencesby taking into account codon degeneracy, amino acid similarity, readingframe positioning, and the like.

Typically, polynucleotide variants contain one or more substitutions,additions, deletions and/or insertions, preferably such that theimmunogenic binding properties of the polypeptide encoded by the variantpolynucleotide is not substantially diminished relative to a polypeptideencoded by a polynucleotide sequence specifically set forth herein. Inadditional embodiments, the present invention provides polynucleotidefragments comprising various lengths of contiguous stretches of sequenceidentical to or complementary to one or more of the sequences disclosedherein. For example, polynucleotides are provided by this invention thatcomprise at least about 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 300,400, 500 or 1000 or more contiguous nucleotides of one or more of thesequences disclosed herein as well as all intermediate lengths therebetween. As used herein, the term “intermediate lengths” is meant todescribe any length between the quoted values, such as 16, 17, 18, 19,etc.; 21, 22, 23, etc.; 30, 31, 32, etc.; 50, 51, 52, 53, etc.; 100,101, 102, 103, etc.; 150, 151, 152, 153, etc.; including all integersthrough 200-500; 500-1,000, and the like.

In another embodiment of the invention, polynucleotide compositions areprovided that are capable of hybridizing under moderate to highstringency conditions to a polynucleotide sequence provided herein, or afragment thereof, or a complementary sequence thereof. Hybridizationtechniques are well known in the art of molecular biology. For purposesof illustration, suitable moderately stringent conditions for testingthe hybridization of a polynucleotide of this invention with otherpolynucleotides include prewashing in a solution of 5×SSC, 0.5% SDS, 1.0mM EDTA (pH 8.0); hybridizing at 50° C.-60° C., 5 X SSC, overnight;followed by washing twice at 65° C. for 20 minutes with each of 2×, 0.5×and 0.2×SSC containing 0.1% SDS. One skilled in the art will understandthat the stringency of hybridization can be readily manipulated, such asby altering the salt content of the hybridization solution and/or thetemperature at which the hybridization is performed. For example, inanother embodiment, suitable highly stringent hybridization conditionsinclude those described above, with the exception that the temperatureof hybridization is increased, e.g., to 60-65° C. or 65-70° C.

In preferred embodiments, the polypeptide encoded by the polynucleotidevariant or fragment has the same binding specificity (i.e., specificallyor preferentially binds to the same epitope or Influenza A strain) asthe polypeptide encoded by the native polynucleotide. In certainpreferred embodiments, the polynucleotides described above, e.g.,polynucleotide variants, fragments and hybridizing sequences, encodepolypeptides that have a level of binding activity of at least about50%, preferably at least about 70%, and more preferably at least about90% of that for a polypeptide sequence specifically set forth herein.

The polynucleotides of the present invention, or fragments thereof,regardless of the length of the coding sequence itself, may be combinedwith other DNA sequences, such as promoters, polyadenylation signals,additional restriction enzyme sites, multiple cloning sites, othercoding segments, and the like, such that their overall length may varyconsiderably. A nucleic acid fragment of almost any length is employed,with the total length preferably being limited by the ease ofpreparation and use in the intended recombinant DNA protocol. Forexample, illustrative polynucleotide segments with total lengths ofabout 10,000, about 5000, about 3000, about 2,000, about 1,000, about500, about 200, about 100, about 50 base pairs in length, and the like,(including all intermediate lengths) are included in manyimplementations of this invention.

It will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that, as aresult of the degeneracy of the genetic code, there are multiplenucleotide sequences that encode a polypeptide as described herein. Someof these polynucleotides bear minimal homology to the nucleotidesequence of any native gene. Nonetheless, polynucleotides that encode apolypeptide of the present invention but which vary due to differencesin codon usage are specifically contemplated by the invention. Further,alleles of the genes including the polynucleotide sequences providedherein are within the scope of the invention. Alleles are endogenousgenes that are altered as a result of one or more mutations, such asdeletions, additions and/or substitutions of nucleotides. The resultingmRNA and protein may, but need not, have an altered structure orfunction. Alleles may be identified using standard techniques (such ashybridization, amplification and/or database sequence comparison).

In certain embodiments of the present invention, mutagenesis of thedisclosed polynucleotide sequences is performed in order to alter one ormore properties of the encoded polypeptide, such as its bindingspecificity or binding strength. Techniques for mutagenesis arewell-known in the art, and are widely used to create variants of bothpolypeptides and polynucleotides. A mutagenesis approach, such assite-specific mutagenesis, is employed for the preparation of variantsand/or derivatives of the polypeptides described herein. By thisapproach, specific modifications in a polypeptide sequence are madethrough mutagenesis of the underlying polynucleotides that encode them.These techniques provides a straightforward approach to prepare and testsequence variants, for example, incorporating one or more of theforegoing considerations, by introducing one or more nucleotide sequencechanges into the polynucleotide.

Site-specific mutagenesis allows the production of mutants through theuse of specific oligonucleotide sequences include the nucleotidesequence of the desired mutation, as well as a sufficient number ofadjacent nucleotides, to provide a primer sequence of sufficient sizeand sequence complexity to form a stable duplex on both sides of thedeletion junction being traversed. Mutations are employed in a selectedpolynucleotide sequence to improve, alter, decrease, modify, orotherwise change the properties of the polynucleotide itself, and/oralter the properties, activity; composition, stability, or primarysequence of the encoded polypeptide.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the polynucleotidesequences provided herein are used as probes or primers for nucleic acidhybridization, e.g., as PCR primers. The ability of such nucleic acidprobes to specifically hybridize to a sequence of interest enable themto detect the presence of complementary sequences in a given sample.However, other uses are also encompassed by the invention, such as theuse of the sequence information for the preparation of mutant speciesprimers, or primers for use in preparing other genetic constructions. Assuch, nucleic acid segments of the invention that include a sequenceregion of at least about 15 nucleotides long contiguous sequence thathas the same sequence as, or is complementary to, a 15 nucleotide longcontiguous sequence disclosed herein is particularly useful. Longercontiguous identical or complementary sequences, e.g., those of about20, 30, 40, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 (including all intermediate lengths)including full length sequences, and all lengths in between, are alsoused in certain embodiments.

Polynucleotide molecules having sequence regions consisting ofcontiguous nucleotide stretches of 10-14, 15-20, 30, 50, or even of100-200 nucleotides or so (including intermediate lengths as well),identical or complementary to a polynucleotide sequence disclosedherein, are particularly contemplated as hybridization probes for usein, e.g., Southern and Northern blotting, and/or primers for use in,e.g., polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The total size of fragment, aswell as the size of the complementary stretch(es), ultimately depends onthe intended use or application of the particular nucleic acid segment.Smaller fragments are generally used in hybridization embodiments,wherein the length of the contiguous complementary region may be varied,such as between about 15 and about 100 nucleotides, but largercontiguous complementarity stretches may be used, according to thelength complementary sequences one wishes to detect.

The use of a hybridization probe of about 15-25 nucleotides in lengthallows the formation of a duplex molecule that is both stable andselective. Molecules having contiguous complementary sequences overstretches greater than 12 bases in length are generally preferred,though, in order to increase stability and selectivity of the hybrid,and thereby improve the quality and degree of specific hybrid moleculesobtained. Nucleic acid molecules having gene-complementary stretches of15 to 25 contiguous nucleotides, or even longer where desired, aregenerally preferred.

Hybridization probes are selected from any portion of any of thesequences disclosed herein. All that is required is to review thesequences set forth herein, or to any continuous portion of thesequences, from about 15-25 nucleotides in length up to and includingthe full length sequence, that one wishes to utilize as a probe orprimer. The choice of probe and primer sequences is governed by variousfactors. For example, one may wish to employ primers from towards thetermini of the total sequence.

Polynucleotide of the present invention, or fragments or variantsthereof, are readily prepared by, for example, directly synthesizing thefragment by chemical means, as is commonly practiced using an automatedoligonucleotide synthesizer. Also, fragments are obtained by applicationof nucleic acid reproduction technology, such as the PCR™ technology ofU.S. Pat. No. 4,683,202, by introducing selected sequences intorecombinant vectors for recombinant production, and by other recombinantDNA techniques generally known to those of skill in the art of molecularbiology.

Vectors, Host Cells and Recombinant Methods

The invention provides vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acidof the present invention, as well as recombinant techniques for theproduction of a polypeptide of the present invention. Vectors of theinvention include those capable of replication in any type of cell ororganism, including, e.g., plasmids, phage, cosmids, and minichromosomes. In various embodiments, vectors comprising a polynucleotideof the present invention are vectors suitable for propagation orreplication of the polynucleotide, or vectors suitable for expressing apolypeptide of the present invention. Such vectors are known in the artand commercially available.

Polynucleotides of the present invention are synthesized, whole or inparts that are then combined, and inserted into a vector using routinemolecular and cell biology techniques, including, e.g., subcloning thepolynucleotide into a linearized vector using appropriate restrictionsites and restriction enzymes. Polynucleotides of the present inventionare amplified by polymerase chain reaction using oligonucleotide primerscomplementary to each strand of the polynucleotide. These primers alsoinclude restriction enzyme cleavage sites to facilitate subcloning intoa vector. The replicable vector components generally include, but arenot limited to, one or more of the following: a signal sequence, anorigin of replication, and one or more marker or selectable genes.

In order to express a polypeptide of the present invention, thenucleotide sequences encoding the polypeptide, or functionalequivalents, are inserted into an appropriate expression vector, i.e., avector that contains the necessary elements for the transcription andtranslation of the inserted coding sequence. Methods well known to thoseskilled in the art are used to construct expression vectors containingsequences encoding a polypeptide of interest and appropriatetranscriptional and translational control elements. These methodsinclude in vitro recombinant DNA techniques, synthetic techniques, andin vivo genetic recombination. Such techniques are described, forexample, in Sambrook, J., et al. (1989) Molecular Cloning, A LaboratoryManual, Cold Spring Harbor Press, Plainview, N.Y., and Ausubel, F. M. etal. (1989) Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley & Sons,New York. N.Y.

A variety of expression vector/host systems are utilized to contain andexpress polynucleotide sequences. These include, but are not limited to,microorganisms such as bacteria transformed with recombinantbacteriophage, plasmid, or cosmid DNA expression vectors; yeasttransformed with yeast expression vectors; insect cell systems infectedwith virus expression vectors (e.g., baculovirus); plant cell systemstransformed with virus expression vectors (e.g., cauliflower mosaicvirus, CaMV; tobacco mosaic virus, TMV) or with bacterial expressionvectors (e.g., Ti or pBR322 plasmids); or animal cell systems. Withinone embodiment, the variable regions of a gene expressing a monoclonalantibody of interest are amplified from a hybridoma cell usingnucleotide primers. These primers are synthesized by one of ordinaryskill in the art, or may be purchased from commercially availablesources (see, e.g., Stratagene (La Jolla, Calif.), which sells primersfor amplifying mouse and human variable regions. The primers are used toamplify heavy or light chain variable regions, which are then insertedinto vectors such as ImmunoZAP™ H or ImmunoZAP™ L (Stratagene),respectively. These vectors are then introduced into E. coli, yeast, ormammalian-based systems for expression. Large amounts of a single-chainprotein containing a fusion of the V_(H) and V_(L) domains are producedusing these methods (see Bird et al., Science 242:423-426 (1988)).

The “control elements” or “regulatory sequences” present in anexpression vector are those non-translated regions of the vector, e.g.,enhancers, promoters, 5′ and 3′ untranslated regions, that interact withhost cellular proteins to carry out transcription and translation. Suchelements may vary in their strength and specificity. Depending on thevector system and host utilized, any number of suitable transcriptionand translation elements, including constitutive and induciblepromoters, is used.

Examples of promoters suitable for use with prokaryotic hosts includethe phoa promoter, β-lactamase and lactose promoter systems, alkalinephosphatase promoter, a tryptophan (trp) promoter system, and hybridpromoters such as the tac promoter. However, other known bacterialpromoters are suitable. Promoters for use in bacterial systems alsousually contain a Shine-Dalgarno sequence operably linked to the DNAencoding the polypeptide. Inducible promoters such as the hybrid lacZpromoter of the PBLUESCRIPT phagemid (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.) orPSPORT1 plasmid (Gibco BRL, Gaithersburg, Md.) and the like are used.

A variety of promoter sequences are known for eukaryotes and any areused according to the present invention. Virtually all eukaryotic geneshave an AT-rich region located approximately 25 to 30 bases upstreamfrom the site where transcription is initiated. Another sequence found70 to 80 bases upstream from the start of transcription of many genes isa CNCAAT region where N may be any nucleotide. At the 3′ end of mosteukaryotic genes is an AATAAA sequence that may be the signal foraddition of the poly A tail to the 3′ end of the coding sequence. All ofthese sequences are suitably inserted into eukaryotic expressionvectors.

In mammalian cell systems, promoters from mammalian genes or frommammalian viruses are generally preferred. Polypeptide expression fromvectors in mammalian host cells aer controlled, for example, bypromoters obtained from the genomes of viruses such as polyoma virus,fowlpox virus, adenovirus (e.g., Adenovirus 2), bovine papilloma virus,avian sarcoma virus, cytomegalovirus (CMV), a retrovirus, hepatitis-Bvirus and most preferably Simian Virus 40 (SV40), from heterologousmammalian promoters, e.g., the actin promoter or an immunoglobulinpromoter, and from heat-shock promoters, provided such promoters arecompatible with the host cell systems. If it is necessary to generate acell line that contains multiple copies of the sequence encoding apolypeptide, vectors based on SV40 or EBV may be advantageously usedwith an appropriate selectable marker. One example of a suitableexpression vector is pcDNA-3.1 (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.), whichincludes a CMV promoter.

A number of viral-based expression systems are available for mammalianexpression of polypeptides. For example, in cases where an adenovirus isused as an expression vector, sequences encoding a polypeptide ofinterest may be ligated into an adenovirus transcription/translationcomplex consisting of the late promoter and tripartite leader sequence.Insertion in a non-essential E1 or E3 region of the viral genome may beused to obtain a viable virus that is capable of expressing thepolypeptide in infected host cells (Logan, J. and Shenk, T. (1984) Proc.Natl. Acad. Sci. 81:3655-3659). In addition, transcription enhancers,such as the Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) enhancer, may be used to increaseexpression in mammalian host cells.

In bacterial systems, any of a number of expression vectors are selecteddepending upon the use intended for the expressed polypeptide. Forexample, when large quantities are desired, vectors that direct highlevel expression of fusion proteins that are readily purified are used.Such vectors include, but are not limited to, the multifunctional E.coli cloning and expression vectors such as BLUESCRIPT (Stratagene), inwhich the sequence encoding the polypeptide of interest may be ligatedinto the vector in frame with sequences for the amino-terminal Met andthe subsequent 7 residues of β-galactosidase, so that a hybrid proteinis produced; pIN vectors (Van Heeke, G. and S. M. Schuster (1989) J.Biol. Chem. 264:5503-5509); and the like. pGEX Vectors (Promega,Madison, Wis.) are also used to express foreign polypeptides as fusionproteins with glutathione S-transferase (GST). In general, such fusionproteins are soluble and can easily be purified from lysed cells byadsorption to glutathione-agarose beads followed by elution in thepresence of free glutathione. Proteins made in such systems are designedto include heparin, thrombin, or factor XA protease cleavage sites sothat the cloned polypeptide of interest can be released from the GSTmoiety at will.

In the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a number of vectors containingconstitutive or inducible promoters such as alpha factor, alcoholoxidase, and PGH are used. Examples of other suitable promoter sequencesfor use with yeast hosts include the promoters for 3-phosphoglyceratekinase or other glycolytic enzymes, such as enolase,glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogcnase, hexokinase, pyruvatedecarboxylase, phosphofructokinase, glucose-6-phosphate isomerase,3-phosphoglycerate mutase, pyruvate kinase, triosephosphate isomerase,phosphoglucose isomerase, and glucokinase. For reviews, see Ausubel etal. (supra) and Grant et al. (1987) Methods Enzymol. 153:516-544. Otheryeast promoters that are inducible promoters having the additionaladvantage of transcription controlled by growth conditions include thepromoter regions for alcohol dehydrogenase 2, isocytochrome C, acidphosphatase, degradative enzymes associated with nitrogen metabolism,metallothionein, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, and enzymesresponsible for maltose and galactose utilization. Suitable vectors andpromoters for use in yeast expression are further described in EP73,657. Yeast enhancers also are advantageously used with yeastpromoters.

In cases where plant expression vectors are used, the expression ofsequences encoding polypeptides are driven by any of a number ofpromoters. For example, viral promoters such as the 35S and 19Spromoters of CaMV are used alone or in combination with the omega leadersequence from TMV (Takamatsu, N. (1987) EMBO J. 6:307-311.Alternatively, plant promoters such as the small subunit of RUBISCO orheat shock promoters are used (Coruzzi, G. et al. (1984) EMBO J.3:1671-1680; Broglie, R. et al. (1984) Science 224:838-843; and Winter,J., et al. (1991) Results Probl. Cell Differ. 17:85-105). Theseconstructs can be introduced into plant cells by direct DNAtransformation or pathogen-mediated transfection. Such techniques aredescribed in a number of generally available reviews (see, e.g., Hobbs,S. or Murry, L. E. in McGraw Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology(1992) McGraw Hill, New York, N.Y.; pp. 191-196).

An insect system is also used to express a polypeptide of interest. Forexample, in one such system, Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosisvirus (AcNPV) is used as a vector to express foreign genes in Spodopterafrugiperda cells or in Trichoplusia larvae. The sequences encoding thepolypeptide are cloned into a non-essential region of the virus, such asthe polyhedrin gene, and placed under control of the polyhedrinpromoter. Successful insertion of the polypeptide-encoding sequencerenders the polyhedrin gene inactive and produce recombinant viruslacking coat protein. The recombinant viruses are then used to infect,for example, S. frugiperda cells or Trichoplusia larvae, in which thepolypeptide of interest is expressed (Engelhard, E. K. et al. (1994)Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 91 :3224-3227).

Specific initiation signals are also used to achieve more efficienttranslation of sequences encoding a polypeptide of interest. Suchsignals include the ATG initiation codon and adjacent sequences. Incases where sequences encoding the polypeptide, its initiation codon,and upstream sequences are inserted into the appropriate expressionvector, no additional transcriptional or translational control signalsmay be needed. However, in cases where only coding sequence, or aportion thereof, is inserted, exogenous translational control signalsincluding the ATG initiation codon are provided. Furthermore, theinitiation codon is in the correct reading frame to ensure correcttranslation of the inserted polynucleotide. Exogenous translationalelements and initiation codons are of various origins, both natural andsynthetic.

Transcription of a DNA encoding a polypeptide of the invention is oftenincreased by inserting an enhancer sequence into the vector. Manyenhancer sequences are known, including, e.g., those identified in genesencoding globin, elastase, albumin, α-fetoprotein, and insulin.Typically, however, an enhancer from a eukaryotic cell virus is used.Examples include the SV40 enhancer on the late side of the replicationorigin (bp 100-270), the cytomegalovirus early promoter enhancer, thepolyoma enhancer on the late side of the replication origin, andadenovirus enhancers. See also Yaniv, Nature 297:17-18 (1982) onenhancing elements for activation of eukaryotic promoters. The enhanceris spliced into the vector at a position 5′ or 3′ to thepolypeptide-encoding sequence, but is preferably located at a site 5′from the promoter.

Expression vectors used in eukaryotic host cells (yeast, fungi, insect,plant, animal, human, or nucleated cells from other multicellularorganisms) typically also contain sequences necessary for thetermination of transcription and for stabilizing the mRNA. Suchsequences are commonly available from the 5′ and, occasionally 3′,untranslated regions of eukaryotic or viral DNAs or cDNAs. These regionscontain nucleotide segments transcribed as polyadenylated fragments inthe untranslated portion of the mRNA encoding anti-PSCA antibody. Oneuseful transcription termination component is the bovine growth hormonepolyadenylation region. See WO94/11026 and the expression vectordisclosed therein.

Suitable host cells for cloning or expressing the DNA in the vectorsherein are the prokaryote, yeast, plant or higher eukaryote cellsdescribed above. Examples of suitable prokaryotes for this purposeinclude eubacteria, such as Gram-negative or Gram-positive organisms,for example, Enterobacteriaceae such as Escherichia, e.g., E. coli,Enterobacter, Erwinia, Klebsiella, Proteus, Salmonella, e.g., Salmonellatyphimurium, Serratia, e.g., Serratia marcescans, and Shigella, as wellas Bacilli such as B. subtilis and B. licheniformis (e.g., B.licheniformis 41P disclosed in DD 266,710 published 12 Apr. 1989),Pseudomonas such as P. aeruginosa, and Streptomyces. One preferred E.coli cloning host is E. coli 294 (ATCC 31,446), although other strainssuch as E. coli B, E. coli X1776 (ATCC 31,537), and E. coli W3110 (ATCC27,325) are suitable. These examples are illustrative rather thanlimiting.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or common baker's yeast, is the most commonlyused among lower eukaryotic host microorganisms. However, a number ofother genera, species, and strains are commonly available and usedherein, such as Schizosaccharomyces pombe; Kluyveromyces hosts such as,e.g., K lactis, K. fragilis (ATCC 12,424), K bulgaricus (ATCC 16,045), Kwickeramii (ATCC 24,178), K. waltii (ATCC 56,500), K. drosophilarum(ATCC 36,906), K. thermotolerans, and K. marxianus; yarrowia (EP402,226); Pichia pastoris. (EP 183,070); Candida; Trichoderma reesia (EP244,234); Neurospora crassa; Schwanniomyces such as Schwanniomycesoccidentalis; and filamentous fungi such as, e.g., Neurospora,Penicillium, Tolypocladium, and Aspergillus hosts such as A. nidulansand A. niger.

In certain embodiments, a host cell strain is chosen for its ability tomodulate the expression of the inserted sequences or to process theexpressed protein in the desired fashion. Such modifications of thepolypeptide include, but are not limited to, acetylation, carboxylation.glycosylation, phosphorylation, lipidation, and acylation.Post-translational processing that cleaves a “prepro” form of theprotein is also used to facilitate correct insertion, folding and/orfunction. Different host cells such as CHO, COS, HeLa, MDCK, HEK293, andWI38, which have specific cellular machinery and characteristicmechanisms for such post-translational activities, are chosen to ensurethe correct modification and processing of the foreign protein.

Methods and reagents specifically adapted for the expression ofantibodies or fragments thereof are also known and available in the art,including those described, e.g., in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,816,567 and6,331,415. In various embodiments, antibody heavy and light chains, orfragments thereof, are expressed from the same or separate expressionvectors. In one embodiment, both chains are expressed in the same cell,thereby facilitating the formation of a functional antibody or fragmentthereof.

Full length antibody, antibody fragments, and antibody fusion proteinsare produced in bacteria, in particular when glycosylation and Fceffector function are not needed, such as when the therapeutic antibodyis conjugated to a cytotoxic agent (e.g., a toxin) and theimmunoconjugate by itself shows effectiveness in infected celldestruction. For expression of antibody fragments and polypeptides inbacteria, see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,648,237, 5,789,199, and 5,840,523,which describes translation initiation region (TIR) and signal sequencesfor optimizing expression and secretion. After expression, the antibodyis isolated from the E. coli cell paste in a soluble fraction and can bepurified through, e.g., a protein A or G column depending on theisotype. Final purification can be carried out using a process similarto that used for purifying antibody expressed e.g., in CHO cells.

Suitable host cells for the expression of glycosylated polypeptides andantibodies are derived from multicellular organisms. Examples ofinvertebrate cells include plant and insect cells. Numerous baculoviralstrains and variants and corresponding permissive insect host cells fromhosts such as Spodoptera frugiperda (caterpillar), Aedes aegypti(mosquito), Aedes albopicius (mosquito), Drosophila melanogaster(fruitfly), and Bombyx mori have been identified. A variety of viralstrains for transfection are publicly available, e.g., the L-1 variantof Autographa californica NPV and the Bm-5 strain of Bombyx mori NPV,and such viruses are used as the virus herein according to the presentinvention, particularly for transfection of Spodoptera frugiperda cells.Plant cell cultures of cotton, corn, potato, soybean, petunia, tomato,and tobacco are also utilized as hosts.

Methods of propagation of antibody polypeptides and fragments thereof invertebrate cells in culture (tissue culture) are encompassed by theinvention. Examples of mammalian host cell lines used in the methods ofthe invention are monkey kidney CV1 line transformed by SV40 (COS-7,ATCC CRL 1651); human embryonic kidney line (293 or 293 cells subclonedfor growth in suspension culture, Graham et al., J. Gen Virol. 36:59(1977)); baby hamster kidney cells (BHK, ATCC CCL 10); Chinese hamsterovary cells/-DHFR (CHO, Urlaub et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA77:4216 (1980)); mouse sertoli cells (TM4, Mather, Biol. Reprod.23:243-251 (1980)); monkey kidney cells (CV1 ATCC CCL 70); African greenmonkey kidney cells (VERO-76, ATCC CRL-1587); human cervical carcinomacells (HELA, ATCC CCL 2); canine kidney cells (MDCK, ATCC CCL 34);buffalo rat liver cells (BRL 3A, ATCC CRL 1442); human lung cells (W138,ATCC CCL 75); human liver cells (Hep G2, HB 8065); mouse mammary tumor(MMT 060562, ATCC CCL51); TR1 cells (Mather et al., Annals N.Y. Acad.Sci. 383:44-68 (1982)); MRC 5 cells; FS4 cells; and a human hepatomaline (Hep G2).

Host cells are transformed with the above-described expression orcloning vectors for polypeptide production and cultured in conventionalnutrient media modified as appropriate for inducing promoters, selectingtransformants, or amplifying the genes encoding the desired sequences.

For long-term, high-yield production of recombinant proteins, stableexpression is generally preferred. For example, cell lines that stablyexpress a polynucleotide of interest are transformed using expressionvectors that contain viral origins of replication and/or endogenousexpression elements and a selectable marker gene on the same or on aseparate vector. Following the introduction of the vector, cells areallowed to grow for 1-2 days in an enriched media before they areswitched to selective media. The purpose of the selectable marker is toconfer resistance to selection, and its presence allows growth andrecovery of cells that successfully express the introduced sequences.Resistant clones of stably transformed cells are proliferated usingtissue culture techniques appropriate to the cell type.

A plurality of selection systems are used to recover transformed celllines. These include, but are not limited to, the herpes simplex virusthymidine kinase (Wigler, M. et al. (1977) Cell 11:223-32) and adeninephosphoribosyltransferase (Lowy, I. et al. (1990) Cell 22:817-23) genesthat are employed in tk⁻ or aprt⁻ cells, respectively. Also,antimetabolite, antibiotic or herbicide resistance is used as the basisfor selection; for example, dhfr, which confers resistance tomethotrexate (Wigler, M. et al. (1980) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.77:3567-70); npt, which confers resistance to the aminoglycosides,neomycin and G-418 (Colbere-Garapin, F. et al.(1981) J. Mol. Biol.150:1-14); and als or pat, which confer resistance to chlorsulfuron andphosphinotricin acetyltransferase, respectively (Murry, supra).Additional selectable genes have been described. For example, trpBallows cells to utilize indole in place of tryptophan, and hisD allowscells to utilize histinol in place of histidine (Hartman, S. C. and R.C. Mulligan (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 85:8047-51). The use ofvisible markers has gained popularity with such markers as anthocyanins,beta-glucuronidase and its substrate GUS, and luciferase and itssubstrate luciferin, being widely used not only to identifytransformants, but also to quantify the amount of transient or stableprotein expression attributable to a specific vector system (Rhodes, C.A. et al. (1995) Methods Mol. Biol. 55:121-131).

Although the presence/absence of marker gene expression suggests thatthe gene of interest is also present, its presence and expression isconfirmed. For example, if the sequence encoding a polypeptide isinserted within a marker gene sequence, recombinant cells containingsequences are identified by the absence of marker gene function.Alternatively, a marker gene is placed in tandem with apolypeptide-encoding sequence under the control of a single promoter.Expression of the marker gene in response to induction or selectionusually indicates expression of the tandem gene as well.

Alternatively, host cells that contain and express a desiredpolynucleotide sequence are identified by a variety of procedures knownto those of skill in the art. These procedures include, but are notlimited to, DNA-DNA or DNA-RNA hybridizations and protein bioassay orimmunoassay techniques which include, for example, membrane, solution,or chip based technologies for the detection and/or quantification ofnucleic acid or protein.

A variety of protocols for detecting and measuring the expression ofpolynucleotide-encoded products, using either polyclonal or monoclonalantibodies specific for the product are known in the art. Nonlimitingexamples include enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA),radioimmunoassay (RIA), and fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS).A two-site, monoclonal-based immunoassay utilizing monoclonal antibodiesreactive to two non-interfering epitopes on a given polypeptide ispreferred for some applications, but a competitive binding assay mayalso be employed. These and other assays are described, among otherplaces, in Hampton, R. et al. (1990; Serological Methods, a LaboratoryManual, APS Press, St Paul. Minn.) and Maddox, D. E. et al. (1983; J.Exp. Med. 158:1211-1216).

Various labels and conjugation techniques are known by those skilled inthe art and are used in various nucleic acid and amino acid assays.Means for producing labeled hybridization or PCR probes for detectingsequences related to polynucleotides include oligolabeling, nicktranslation, end-labeling or PCR amplification using a labelednucleotide. Alternatively, the sequences, or any portions thereof arecloned into a vector for the production of an mRNA probe. Such vectorsare known in the art, are commercially available, and are used tosynthesize RNA probes in vitro by addition of an appropriate RNApolymerase such as T7, T3, or SP6 and labeled nucleotides. Theseprocedures are conducted using a variety of commercially available kits.Suitable reporter molecules or labels, which are used include, but arenot limited to, radionuclides, enzymes, fluorescent, chemiluminescent,or chromogenic agents as well as substrates, cofactors, inhibitors,magnetic particles, and the like.

The polypeptide produced by a recombinant cell is secreted or containedintracellularly depending on the sequence and/or the vector used.Expression vectors containing polynucleotides of the invention aredesigned to contain signal sequences that direct secretion of theencoded polypeptide through a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell membrane.

In certain embodiments, a polypeptide of the invention is produced as afusion polypeptide further including a polypeptide domain thatfacilitates purification of soluble proteins. Suchpurification-facilitating domains include, but are not limited to, metalchelating peptides such as histidine-tryptophan modules that allowpurification on immobilized metals, protein A domains that allowpurification on immobilized immunoglobulin, and the domain utilized inthe FLAGS extension/affinity purification system (Amgen, Seattle,Wash.). The inclusion of cleavable linker sequences such as thosespecific for Factor XA or enterokinase (Invitrogen. San Diego, Calif.)between the purification domain and the encoded polypeptide are used tofacilitate purification. An exemplary expression vector provides forexpression of a fusion protein containing a polypeptide of interest anda nucleic acid encoding 6 histidine residues preceding a thioredoxin oran enterokinase cleavage site. The histidine residues facilitatepurification on IMIAC (immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography) asdescribed in Porath, J. et al. (1992, Prot. Exp. Purif. 3:263-281) whilethe enterokinase cleavage site provides a means for purifying thedesired polypeptide from the fusion protein. A discussion of vectorsused for producing fusion proteins is provided in Kroll, D. J. et al.(1993; DNA Cell Biol. 12:441-453).

In certain embodiments, a polypeptide of the present invention is fusedwith a heterologous polypeptide, which may be a signal sequence or otherpolypeptide having a specific cleavage site at the N-terminus of themature protein or polypeptide. The heterologous signal sequence selectedpreferably is one that is recognized and processed (i.e., cleaved by asignal peptidase) by the host cell. For prokaryotic host cells, thesignal sequence is selected, for example, from the group of the alkalinephosphatase, penicillinase, 1pp, or heat-stable enterotoxin II leaders.For yeast secretion, the signal sequence is selected from, e.g., theyeast invertase leader, a factor leader (including Saccharomyces andKluyveromyces α factor leaders), or acid phosphatase leader, the C.albicans glucoamylase leader, or the signal described in WO 90/13646. Inmammalian cell expression, mammalian signal sequences as well as viralsecretory leaders, for example, the herpes simplex gD signal, areavailable.

When using recombinant techniques, the polypeptide or antibody isproduced intracellularly, in the periplasmic space, or directly secretedinto the medium. If the polypeptide or antibody is producedintracellularly, as a first step, the particulate debris, either hostcells or lysed fragments, are removed, for example, by centrifugation orultrafiltration. Carter et al., Bio/Technology 10:163-167 (1992)describe a procedure for isolating antibodies that are secreted to theperiplasmic space of E. coli. Briefly, cell paste is thawed in thepresence of sodium acetate (pH 3.5), EDTA, andphenylmethylsulfonylfluoride (PMSF) over about 30 min. Cell debris isremoved by centrifugation. Where the polypeptide or antibody is secretedinto the medium, supernatants from such expression systems are generallyfirst concentrated using a commercially available protein concentrationfilter, for example, an Amicon or Millipore Pellicon ultrafiltrationunit. Optionally, a protease inhibitor such as PMSF is included in anyof the foregoing steps to inhibit proteolysis and antibiotics areincluded to prevent the growth of adventitious contaminants.

The polypeptide or antibody composition prepared from the cells arepurified using, for example, hydroxylapatite chromatography, gelelectrophoresis, dialysis, and affinity chromatography, with affinitychromatography being the preferred purification technique. Thesuitability of protein A as an affinity ligand depends on the speciesand isotype of any immunoglobulin Fc domain that is present in thepolypeptide or antibody. Protein A is used to purify antibodies orfragments thereof that are based on human γ₁, γ₂, or γ₄ heavy chains(Lindmark et al., J. Immunol. Meth. 62:1-13 (1983)). Protein G isrecommended for all mouse isotypes and for human γ₃ (Guss et al., EMBOJ. 5:15671575 (1986)). The matrix to which the affinity ligand isattached is most often agarose, but other matrices are available.Mechanically stable matrices such as controlled pore glass orpoly(styrenedivinyl)benzene allow for faster flow rates and shorterprocessing times than can be achieved with agarose. Where thepolypeptide or antibody comprises a C_(H) 3 domain, the Bakerbond ABX™resin (J. T. Baker, Phillipsburg, N.J.) is useful for purification.Other techniques for protein purification such as fractionation on anion-exchange column, ethanol precipitation, Reverse Phase HPLC,chromatography on silica, chromatography on heparin SEPHAROSE™chromatography on an anion or cation exchange resin (such as apolyaspartic acid column), chromatofocusing, SDS-PAGE, and ammoniumsulfate precipitation are also available depending on the polypeptide orantibody to be recovered.

Following any preliminary purification step(s), the mixture comprisingthe polypeptide or antibody of interest and contaminants are subjectedto low pH hydrophobic interaction chromatography using an elution bufferat a pH between about 2.5-4.5, preferably performed at low saltconcentrations (e.g., from about 0-0.25M salt).

Pharmaceutical Compositions

The invention further includes pharmaceutical formulations including apolypeptide, antibody, or modulator of the present invention, at adesired degree of purity, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier,excipient, or stabilizer (Remingion's Pharmaceutical Sciences 16thedition, Osol, A. Ed. (1980)). In certain embodiments, pharmaceuticalformulations are prepared to enhance the stability of the polypeptide orantibody during storage, e.g., in the form of lyophilized formulationsor aqueous solutions.

Acceptable carriers, excipients, or stabilizers are nontoxic torecipients at the dosages and concentrations employed, and include,e.g., buffers such as acetate, Tris, phosphate, citrate, and otherorganic acids; antioxidants including ascorbic acid and methionine;preservatives (such as octadecyldimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride;hexamethonium chloride; benzalkonium chloride, benzethonium chloride;phenol, butyl or benzyl alcohol; alkyl parabens such as methyl or propylparaben; catechol; resorcinol; cyclohexanol; 3-pentanol; and m-cresol);low molecular weight (less than about 10 residues) polypeptides;proteins, such as serum albumin, gelatin, or immunoglobulins;hydrophilic polymers such as polyvinylpyrrolidone; amino acids such asglycine, glutamine, asparagine, histidine, arginine, or lysine;monosaccharides, disaccharides, and other carbohydrates includingglucose, mannose, or dextrins; chelating agents such as EDTA;tonicifiers such as trehalose and sodium chloride; sugars such assucrose, mannitol, trehalose or sorbitol; surfactant such aspolysorbate; salt-forming counter-ions such as sodium; metal complexes(e.g. Zn-protein complexes); and/or non-ionic surfactants such asTWEEN™, PLURONICS™ or polyethylene glycol (PEG). In certain embodiments,the therapeutic formulation preferably comprises the polypeptide orantibody at a concentration of between 5-200 mg/ml, preferably between10-100 mg/ml.

The formulations herein also contain one or more additional therapeuticagents suitable for the treatment of the particular indication, e.g.,infection being treated, or to prevent undesired side-effects.Preferably, the additional therapeutic agent has an activitycomplementary to the polypeptide or antibody of the resent invention,and the two do not adversely affect each other. For example, in additionto the polypeptide or antibody of the invention, an additional or secondantibody, anti-viral agent, anti-infective agent and/or cardioprotectantis added to the formulation. Such molecules are suitably present in thepharmaceutical formulation in amounts that are effective for the purposeintended.

The active ingredients, e.g., polypeptides and antibodies of theinvention and other therapeutic agents, are also entrapped inmicrocapsules prepared, for example, by coacervation techniques or byinterfacial polymerization, for example, hydroxymethylcellulose orgelatin-microcapsules and polymethylmethacylate) microcapsules,respectively, in colloidal drug delivery systems (for example,liposomes, albumin microspheres, microemulsions, nano-particles andnanocapsules) or in macroemulsions. Such techniques are disclosed inRemingion's Pharmaceutical Sciences 16th edition, Osol, A. Ed. (1980).

Sustained-release preparations are prepared. Suitable examples ofsustained-release preparations include, but are not limited to,semi-permeable matrices of solid hydrophobic polymers containing theantibody, which matrices are in the form of shaped articles, e.g.,films, or microcapsules. Nonlimiting examples of sustained-releasematrices include polyesters, hydrogels (for example,poly(2-hydroxyethyl-methacrylate), or poly(vinylalcohol)), polylactides(U.S. Pat. No. 3,773,919), copolymers of L-glutamic acid and γethyl-L-glutamate, non-degradable ethylene-vinyl acetate, degradablelactic acid-glycolic acid copolymers such as the LUPRON DEPOT™(injectable microspheres composed of lactic acid-glycolic acid copolymerand leuprolide acetate), and poly-D-(−)-3-hydroxyburyric acid.

Formulations to be used for in vivo administration are preferablysterile. This is readily accomplished by filtration through sterilefiltration membranes.

Diagnostic Uses

Antibodies and fragments thereof, and therapeutic compositions, of theinvention specifically bind or preferentially bind to infected cells ortissue, as compared to normal control cells and tissue. Thus, theseinfluenza A antibodies are used to detect infected cells or tissues in apatient, biological sample, or cell population, using any of a varietyof diagnostic and prognostic methods, including those described herein.The ability of an anti-M2e or anti-HA specific antibody to detectinfected cells depends upon its binding specificity, which is readilydetermined by testing its ability to bind to infected cells or tissuesobtained from different patients, and/or from patients infected withdifferent strains of Influenza A.

Diagnostic methods generally involve contacting a biological sampleobtained from a patient, such as, e.g., blood, serum, saliva, urine,sputum, a cell swab sample, or a tissue biopsy, with an Influenza A,e.g., human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibody, and determiningwhether the antibody preferentially binds to the sample as compared to acontrol sample or predetermined cut-off value, thereby indicating thepresence of infected cells. In particular embodiments, at leasttwo-fold, three-fold, or five-fold more human monoclonal anti-M2e oranti-HA antibody binds to an infected cell as compared to an appropriatecontrol normal cell or tissue sample. A pre-determined cut-off value isdetermined, e.g., by averaging the amount of human monoclonal anti-M2eor anti-HA antibody that binds to several different appropriate controlsamples under the same conditions used to perform the diagnostic assayof the biological sample being tested. Alternatively, or in addition, ahemagglutinin (HA) protein is substituted for an Influenza virus in theabove method. The HA protein is presented on the surface of a virus,host cell (e.g. any mammalian cell), or in a recombinant and solubleform. In the HA version of this diagnostic method, the control proteinis a denatured HA protein, a linear HA peptide, an unrelated protein ofsimilar size and shape, but dissimilar sequence, or a pre-determinedcut-off value.

Bound antibody is detected using procedures described herein and knownin the art. In certain embodiments, diagnostic methods of the inventionare practiced using human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibodies thatare conjugated to a detectable label, e.g., a fluorophore, to facilitatedetection of bound antibody. However, they are also practiced usingmethods of secondary detection of the human monoclonal anti-M2e oranti-HA antibody. These include, for example, RIA, ELISA, precipitation,agglutination, complement fixation and immuno-fluorescence.

In certain procedures, the human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HAantibodies are labeled. The label is detected directly. Exemplary labelsthat are detected directly include, but are not limited to, radiolabelsand fluorochromes. Alaternatively, or in addition, labels are moieties,such as enzymes, that must be reacted or derivatized to be detected.Nonlimiting examples of isotope labels are ⁹⁹Tc, ¹⁴C, ¹³¹I, ¹²⁵I, ³H,³²P and ³⁵S. Fluorescent materials that are used include, but are notlimited to, for example, fluorescein and its derivatives, rhodamine andits derivatives, auramine, dansyl, umbelliferone, luciferia,2,3-dihydrophthalazinediones, horseradish peroxidase, alkalinephosphatase, lysozyme, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.

An enzyme label is detected by any of the currently utilizedcolorimetric, spectrophotometric, fluorospectro-photometric orgasometric techniques. Many enzymes which are used in these proceduresare known and utilized by the methods of the invention. Nonlimitingexamples are peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase, β-glucuronidase,β-D-glucosidase, β-D-galactosidase, urease, glucose oxidase plusperoxidase, galactose oxidase plus peroxidase and acid phosphatase.

The antibodies are tagged with such labels by known methods. Forinstance, coupling agents such as aldehydes, carbodiimides, dimaleimide,imidates, succinimides, bid-diazotized benzadine and the like are usedto tag the antibodies with the above-described fluorescent,chemiluminescent, and enzyme labels. An enzyme is typically combinedwith an antibody using bridging molecules such as carbodiimides,periodate, diisocyanates, glutaraldehyde and the like. Various labelingtechniques are described in Morrison, Methods in Enzymology 32b, 103(1974), Syvanen et al., J. Biol. Chem. 284, 3762 (1973) and Bolton andHunter, Biochem J. 133, 529(1973).

Human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibodies of the present inventionare capable of differentiating between patients with and patientswithout an Influenza A infection, and determining whether or not apatient has an infection, using the representative assays providedherein. According to one method, a biological sample is obtained from apatient suspected of having or known to have an influenza A infection.In preferred embodiments, the biological sample includes cells from thepatient. The sample is contacted with a human monoclonal anti-M2e oranti-HA antibody, e.g., for a time and under conditions sufficient toallow the human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibody to bind toinfected cells present in the sample. For instance, the sample iscontacted with a human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibody for 10seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1hour, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, 3 days or any point in between. Theamount of bound human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibody isdetermined and compared to a control value, which may be, e.g., apre-determined value or a value determined from normal tissue sample. Anincreased amount of antibody bound to the patient sample as compared tothe control sample is indicative of the presence of infected cells inthe patient sample.

In a related method, a biological sample obtained from a patient iscontacted with a human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibody for atime and under conditions sufficient to allow the antibody to bind toinfected cells. Bound antibody is then detected, and the presence ofbound antibody indicates that the sample contains infected cells. Thisembodiment is particularly useful when the human monoclonal anti-M2e oranti-HA antibody does not bind normal cells at a detectable level.

Different human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibodies possessdifferent binding and specificity characteristics. Depending upon thesecharacteristics, particular human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HAantibodies are used to detect the presence of one or more strains ofInfluenza A. For example, certain antibodies bind specifically to onlyone or several strains of Influenza virus, whereas others bind to all ora majority of different strains of Influenza virus. Antibodies specificfor only one strain of Influenza A are used to identify the strain of aninfection.

In certain embodiments, antibodies that bind to an infected cellpreferably generate a signal indicating the presence of an infection inat least about 20% of patients with the infection being detected, morepreferably at least about 30% of patients. Alternatively, or inaddition, the antibody generates a negative signal indicating theabsence of the infection in at least about 90% of individuals withoutthe infection being detected. Each antibody satisfies the abovecriteria; however, antibodies of the present invention are used incombination to improve sensitivity.

The present invention also includes kits useful in performing diagnosticand prognostic assays using the antibodies of the present invention.Kits of the invention include a suitable container comprising a humanmonoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibody of the invention in eitherlabeled or unlabeled form. In addition, when the antibody is supplied ina labeled form suitable for an indirect binding assay, the kit furtherincludes reagents for performing the appropriate indirect assay. Forexample, the kit includes one or more suitable containers includingenzyme substrates or derivatizing agents, depending on the nature of thelabel. Control samples and/or instructions are also included.

Therapeutic/Prophylactic Uses

Passive immunization has proven to be an effective and safe strategy forthe prevention and treatment of viral diseases. (See Keller et al.,Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 13:602-14 (2000); Casadevall, Nat. Biotechnol.20:114 (2002); Shibata et al., Nat. Med. 5:204-10 (1999); and Igarashiet al., Nat. Med. 5:211-16 (1999), each of which are incorporated hereinby reference)). Passive immunization using human monoclonal antibodiesprovide an immediate treatment strategy for emergency prophylaxis andtreatment of influenza

Human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibodies and fragments thereof,and therapeutic compositions, of the invention specifically bind orpreferentially bind to infected cells, as compared to normal controluninfected cells and tissue. Thus, these human monoclonal anti-M2e oranti-HA antibodies are used to selectively target infected cells ortissues in a patient, biological sample, or cell population. In light ofthe infection-specific binding properties of these antibodies, thepresent invention provides methods of regulating (e.g., inhibiting) thegrowth of infected cells, methods of killing infected cells, and methodsof inducing apoptosis of infected cells. These methods includecontacting an infected cell with a human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HAantibody of the invention. These methods are practiced in vitro, exvivo, and in vivo.

In various embodiments, antibodies of the invention are intrinsicallytherapeutically active. Alternatively, or in addition, antibodies of theinvention are conjugated to a cytotoxic agent or growth inhibitoryagent, e.g., a radioisotope or toxin, which is used in treating infectedcells bound or contacted by the antibody.

In one embodiment, the invention provides methods of treating orpreventing infection in a patient, including the steps of providing ahuman monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibody of the invention to apatient diagnosed with, at risk of developing, or suspected of having anInfluenza A infection. The methods of the invention are used in thefirst-line treatment of the infection, follow-on treatment, or in thetreatment of a relapsed or refractory infection. Treatment with anantibody of the invention is a stand alone treatment. Alternatively,treatment with an antibody of the invention is one component or phase ofa combination therapy regime, in which one or more additionaltherapeutic agents are also used to treat the patient.

Subjects at risk for an influenza virus -related diseases or disordersinclude patients who have come into contact with an infected person orwho have been exposed to the influenza virus in some other way.Administration of a prophylactic agent can occur prior to themanifestation of symptoms characteristic of the influenza virus-relateddisease or disorder, such that a disease or disorder is prevented or,alternatively, delayed in its progression.

In various aspects, the human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA isadministered substantially contemporaneously with or following infectionof the subject, i.e., therapeutic treatment. In another aspect, theantibody provides a therapeutic benefit. In various aspects, atherapeutic benefit includes reducing or decreasing progression,severity, frequency, duration or probability of one or more symptoms orcomplications of influenza infection, virus titer, virus replication oran amount of a viral protein of one or more influenza strains. stillanother aspect, a therapeutic benefit includes hastening or acceleratinga subject's recovery from influenza infection.

Methods for preventing an increase in influenza virus titer, virusreplication, virus proliferation or an amount of an influenza viralprotein in a subject are further provided. In one embodiment, a methodincludes administering to the subject an amount of a human monoclonalanti-M2e or anti-HA antibody effective to prevent an increase ininfluenza virus titer, virus replication or an amount of an influenzaviral protein of one or more influenza strains or isolates in thesubject.

Methods for protecting a subject from infection or decreasingsusceptibility of a subject to infection by one or more influenzastrains/isolates or subtypes, i.e., prophylactic methods, areadditionally provided. In one embodiment, a method includesadministering to the subject an amount of human monoclonal anti-M2e oranti-HA antibody that specifically binds influenza M2 or HA,respectively, effective to protect the subject from infection, oreffective to decrease susceptibility of the subject to infection, by oneor more influenza strains/isolates or subtypes.

Optionally, the subject is further administered with a second agent suchas, but not limited to, an influenza virus antibody, an anti-viral drugsuch as a neuraminidase inhibitor, a HA inhibitor, a sialic acidinhibitor or an M2 ion channel inhibitor, a viral entry inhibitor or aviral attachment inhibitor. The M2 ion channel inhibitor is for exampleamantadine or rimantadine. The neuraminidase inhibitor for examplezanamivir, or oseltamivir phosphate.

Symptoms or complications of influenza infection that can be reduced ordecreased include, for example, chills, fever, cough, sore throat, nasalcongestion, sinus congestion, nasal infection, sinus infection, bodyache, head ache, fatigue, pneumonia, bronchitis, ear infection, ear acheor death.

For in vivo treatment of human and non-human patients, the patient isusually administered or provided a pharmaceutical formulation includinga human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibody of the invention. Whenused for in vivo therapy, the antibodies of the invention areadministered to the patient in therapeutically effective amounts (i.e.,amounts that eliminate or reduce the patient's viral burden). Theantibodies are administered to a human patient, in accord with knownmethods, such as intravenous administration, e.g., as a bolus or bycontinuous infusion over a period of time, by intramuscular,intraperitoneal, intracerobrospinal, subcutaneous, intra-articular,intrasynovial, intrathecal, oral, topical, or inhalation routes. Theantibodies may be administered parenterally, when possible, at thetarget cell site, or intravenously. Intravenous or subcutaneousadministration of the antibody is preferred in certain embodiments.Therapeutic compositions of the invention are administered to a patientor subject systemically, parenterally, or locally.

For parenteral administration, the antibodies are formulated in a unitdosage injectable form (solution, suspension, emulsion) in associationwith a pharmaceutically acceptable, parenteral vehicle. Examples of suchvehicles are water, saline, Ringer's solution, dextrose solution, and 5%human serum albumin. Nonaqueous vehicles such as fixed oils and ethyloleate are also used. Liposomes are used as carriers. The vehiclecontains minor amounts of additives such as substances that enhanceisotonicity and chemical stability, e.g., buffers and preservatives. Theantibodies are typically formulated in such vehicles at concentrationsof about 1 mg/ml to 10 mg/ml.

The dose and dosage regimen depends upon a variety of factors readilydetermined by a physician, such as the nature of the infection and thecharacteristics of the particular cytotoxic agent or growth inhibitoryagent conjugated to the antibody (when used), e.g., its therapeuticindex, the patient, and the patient's history. Generally, atherapeutically effective amount of an antibody is administered to apatient. In particular embodiments, the amount of antibody administeredis in the range of about 0.1 mg/kg to about 50 mg/kg of patient bodyweight. Depending on the type and severity of the infection, about 0.1mg/kg to about 50 mg/kg body weight (e.g., about 0.1-15 mg/kg/dose) ofantibody is an initial candidate dosage for administration to thepatient, whether, for example, by one or more separate administrations,or by continuous infusion. The progress of this therapy is readilymonitored by conventional methods and assays and based on criteria knownto the physician or other persons of skill in the art.

In one particular embodiment, an immunoconjugate including the antibodyconjugated with a cytotoxic agent is administered to the patient.Preferably, the immunoconjugate is internalized by the cell, resultingin increased therapeutic efficacy of the immunoconjugate in killing thecell to which it binds. In one embodiment, the cytotoxic agent targetsor interferes with the nucleic acid in the infected cell. Examples ofsuch cytotoxic agents are described above and include, but are notlimited to, maytansinoids, calicheamicins, ribonucleases and DNAendonucleases.

Other therapeutic regimens are combined with the administration of theHuM2e antibody of the present invention. The combined administrationincludes co-administration, using separate formulations or a singlepharmaceutical formulation, and consecutive administration in eitherorder, wherein preferably there is a time period while both (or all)active agents simultaneously exert their biological activities.Preferably such combined therapy results in a synergistic therapeuticeffect.

In certain embodiments, it is desirable to combine administration of anantibody of the invention with another antibody directed against anotherantigen associated with the infectious agent.

Aside from administration of the antibody protein to the patient, theinvention provides methods of administration of the antibody by genetherapy. Such administration of nucleic acid encoding the antibody isencompassed by the expression “administering a therapeutically effectiveamount of an antibody”. See, for example, PCT Patent ApplicationPublication WO96/07321 concerning the use of gene therapy to generateintracellular antibodies.

In another embodiment, human monoclonal anti-M2e or anti-HA antibodiesof the invention are used to determine the structure of bound antigen,e.g., conformational epitopes, the structure of which is then used todevelop a vaccine having or mimicking this structure, e.g., throughchemical modeling and SAR methods. Such a vaccine could then be used toprevent Influenza A infection.

All of the above U.S. patents, U.S. patent application publications,U.S. patent applications, foreign patents, foreign patent applicationsand non-patent publications referred to in this specification and/orlisted in the Application Data Sheetare incorporated herein byreference, in their entirety.

EXAMPLES Example 1 Screening and Characterization of M2e-specificAntibodies Present in Human Plasma Using Cells Expressing RecombinantM2e Protein

Fully human monoclonal antibodies specific for M2 and capable of bindingto influenza A infected cells and the influenza virus itself wereidentified in patient serum, as described below.

Expression of M2 in Cell Lines

An expression construct containing the M2 full length cDNA,corresponding to the derived M2 sequence found in Influenza subtypeH3N2, was transfected into 293 cells.

The M2 cDNA is encoded by the following polynucleotide sequence and SEQID NO: 53:

ATGAGTCTTCTAACCGAGGTCGAAACGCCTATCAGAAACGAATGGGGGTGCAGATGCAACGATTCAAGTGATCCTCTTGTTGTTGCCGCAAGTATCATTGGGATCCTGCACTTGATATTGTGGATTCTTGATCGTCTTTTTTTCAAATGCATTTATCGTCTCTTTAAACACGGTCTGAAAAGAGGGCCTTCTACGGAAGGAGTACCAGAGTCTATGAGGGAAGAATATCGAAAGGAACAGCAGAGTGCTGTGGATGCTGACGATAGTCATTTTGTCAACATAGAGCTGG AG

The cell surface expression of M2 was confirmed using the anti-M2epeptide specific MAb 14C2. Two other variants of M2, from A/HongKong/483/1997 (HK483) and A/Vietnam/1203/2004 (VN1203), were used forsubsequent analyses, and their expression was determined usingM2e-specific monoclonal antibodies of the present invention, since 14C2binding may be abrogated by the various amino acid substitutions in M2e.

Screening of Antibodies in Peripheral Blood

Over 120 individual plasma samples were tested for antibodies that boundM2. None of them exhibited specific binding to the M2e peptide. However,10% of the plasma samples contained antibodies that bound specificallyto the 293-M2 H3N2 cell line. This indicates that the antibodies couldbe categorized as binding to conformational determinants of an M2homotetramer, and binding to conformational determinants of multiplevariants of the M2 homotetramer; they could not be specific for thelinear M2e peptide.

Characterization of Anti-M2 MAbs

The human MAbs identified through this process proved to bind toconformational epitopes on the M2 homotetramer. They bound to theoriginal 293-M2 transfectant, as well as to the two other cell-expressedM2 variants. The 14C2 MAb, in addition to binding the M2e peptide,proved to be more sensitive to the M2 variant sequences. Moreover, 14C2does not readily bind influenza virions, while the conformation specificanti-M2 MAbs did.

These results demonstrate that the methods of the invention provide forthe identification of M2 MAbs from normal human immune responses toinfluenza without a need for specific immunization of M2. If used forimmunotherapy, these fully human MAbs have the potential to be bettertolerated by patients that humanized mouse antibodies. Additionally, andin contrast to 14C2 and the Gemini Biosciences MAbs, which bind tolinear M2e peptide, the MAbs of the invention bind to conformationalepitopes of M2, and are specific not only for cells infected with Astrain influenza, but also for the virus itself. Another advantage ofthe MAbs of the invention is that they each bind all of the M2 variantsyet tested, indicating that they are not restricted to a specific linearamino acid sequence.

Example 2 Identification of M2-Specific Antibodies

Mononuclear or B cells expressing three of the MAbs identified in humanserum as described in Example 1 were diluted into clonal populations andinduced to produce antibodies. Antibody containing supernatants werescreened for binding to 293 FT cells stably transfected with the fulllength M2E protein from influenza strain Influenza subtype H3N2.Supernatants which showed positive staining/binding were re-screenedagain on 293 FT cells stably transfected with the full length M2Eprotein from influenza strain Influenza subtype H3N2 and on vector alonetransfected cells as a control.

The variable regions of the antibodies were then rescue cloned from theB cell wells whose supernatants showed positive binding. Transienttransfections were performed in 293 FT cells to reconstitute and producethese antibodies. Reconstituted antibody supernatants were screened forbinding to 293 FT cells stably transfected with the full length M2Eprotein as detailed above to identify the rescued anti-M2E antibodies.Three different antibodies were identified: 8i10, 21B15 and 23K12. Afourth additional antibody clone was isolated by the rescue screens,4C2. However, it was not unique and had the exact same sequence as clone8i10 even though it came from a different donor than clone 8i10.

The sequences of the kappa and gamma variable regions of theseantibodies are provided below.

Clone 8i10 (Corresponds to TCN-032):

The Kappa LC variable region of the anti M2 clone 8i10 was cloned asHind III to BsiW1 fragment (see below), and is encoded by the followingpolynucleotide sequences, and SEQ ID NO: 54 (top) and SEQ ID NO: 55(bottom):

HindIIIAAGCTTCCACCATGGACATGAGGGTCCTCGCTCAGCTCCTGGGGCTCCTGCTACTCTGGCTCCGAGGTGTTCGAAGGTGGTACCTGTACTCCCAGGAGCGAGTCGAGGACCCCGAGGACGATGAGACCGAGGCTCCACCCAGATGTGACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCAGGTCTACACTGTAGGTCTACTGGGTCAGAGGTAGGAGGGACAGACGTAGACATCCTCTGTCTCAGTGGTTCACTTGCCGGGCGAGTCAGAACATTTACAAGTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAGACCAGGGAAAGCCCAGTGAACGGCCCGCTCAGTCTTGTAAATGTTCATAAATTTAACCATAGTCGTCTCTGGTCCCTTTCGGGCTAAGGGCCTGATCTCTGCTGCATCCGGGTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATGATTCCCGGACTAGAGACGACGTAGGCCCAACGTTTCACCCCAGGGTAGTTCCAAGTCACCGTCACCTACTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCACCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACGACCCTGTCTAAAGTGAGAGTGGTAGTGGTCAGACGTTGGACTTCTAAAACGTTGAATGATGACAGTTG                                                     BsiWIAGAGTTACAGTCCCCCTCTCACTTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAGGGTGGAGATCAAACGTACGTCTCAATGTCAGGGGGAGAGTGAAAGCCGCCTCCCTGGTCCCACCTCTAGTTTGCATGC

The translation of the 8i10 Kappa LC variable region is as follows,polynucleotide sequence (above, SEQ ID NO: 54, top) and amino acidsequence (below, corresponding to residues 1-131 of SEQ ID NO: 56):

HindIIIAAGCTTCCACCATGGACATGAGGGTCCTCGCTCAGCTCCTGGGGCTCCTGCTACTCTGGCTCCGAGGTG            M  D  M  R  V  L  A  Q  L  L  G  L  L  L  L  W  L  R  GCCAGATGTGACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCAA  R  C  D  I  Q  M  T  Q  S  P  S  S  L  S  A  S  V  G  D  R  V  TTCACTTGCCGGGCGAGTCAGAACATTTACAAGTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAGACCAGGGAAAGCCCI  T  C  R  A  S  Q  N  I  Y  K  Y  L  N  W  Y  Q  Q  R  P  G  K  ACTAAGGGCCTGATCTCTGCTGCATCCGGGTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATP  K  G  L  I  S  A  A  S  G  L  Q  S  G  V  P  S  R  F  S  G  S  GCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCACCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACS  G  T  D  F  T  L  T  I  T  S  L  Q  P  E  D  F  A  T  Y  Y  C  Q                                                     BsiWIAGAGTTACAGTCCCCCTCTCACTTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAGGGTGGAGATCAAACGTACGQ  S  Y  S  P  P  L  T  F  G  G  G  T  R  V  E  I  K  R  T

The amino acid sequence of the 8i10 Kappa LC variable region is asfollows, with specific domains identified below (CDR sequences definedaccording to Kabat methods):

M D M R V L A Q L L G L L L L W L R G A R C VK leader (SEQ ID NO: 57)D I Q M T Q S P S S L S A S V G D R V T I T C FR1 (SEQ ID NO: 58)R A S Q N I Y K Y L N CDR1(SEQ ID NO: 59) W Y Q Q R P G K A P K G L I SFR2 (SEQ ID NO: 60) A A S G L Q S CDR2 (SEQ ID NO: 61)G V P S R F S G S G S G T D F T L T I T S L Q P E D F A T Y Y C FR3(SEQID NO: 62) Q Q S Y S P P L T CDR3 (SEQ ID NO: 63) F G G G T R V E I KFR4 (SEQ ID NO: 64) R T Start of Kappa constant region

The following is an example of the Kappa LC variable region of 8i 10cloned into the expression vector pcDNA3.1 which already contained theKappa LC constant region (upper polynucleotide sequence corresponds toSEQ ID NO: 65, lower polynucleotide sequence corresponds to SEQ ID NO:66, amino acid sequence corresponds to SEQ ID NO: 56). Bases in blackrepresents pcDNA3.1 vector sequences, underlined bases represent thecloned antibody sequences. The antibodies described herein have alsobeen cloned into the expression vector pCEP4.

The 8i10 Gamma HC variable region was cloned as a Hind III to Xho 1fragment, and is encoded the following polynucleotide sequences, and SEQID NO: 67 (top) and SEQ ID NO: 68 (bottom).

HindIII AAGCTTCCACCATGAAACACCTGTGGTTCTTCCTTCTCCTGGTGGCAGCTCCCAGCTGGGTTTCGAAGGTGGTACTTTGTGGACACCAAGAAGGAAGAGGACCACCGTCGAGGGTCGACCCACCTGTCCCAGGTGCAATTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGGGACAGGGTCCACGTTAACGTCCTCAGCCCGGGTCCTGACCACTTCGGAAGCCTCTGGGACTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTTCGTCCATCAGTAATTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAGGGAGTGGACGTGACAGAGACCAAGCAGGTAGTCATTAATGATGACCTCGACCTAGGCCGAGTCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGTTTATCTATTACGGTGGAAACACCAAGTATCAGGGGTCCCTTCCCTGACCTCACCTAACCCAAATAGATAATGCCACCTTTGTGGTTCATCAATCCCTCCCTCAAGAGCCGCGTCACCATATCACAAGACACTTCCAAGAGTCAGGTCTCCGTTAGGGAGGGAGTTCTCGGCGCAGTGGTATAGTGTTCTGTGAAGGTTCTCAGTCCAGAGGCTGACGATGAGCTCTGTGACCGCTGCGGAATCGGCCGTCTATTTCTGTGCGAGAGCGTCTTGACTGCTACTCGAGACACTGGCGACGCCTTAGCCGGCAGATAAAGACACGCTCTCGCAGAA                                                       XholGTAGTGGTGGTTACTGTATCCTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGCATCACCACCAATGACATAGGAACTGATGACCCCGGTCCCTTGGGACCAGTGGCAGAGCTC

The translation of the 8i10 Gamma HC is as follows, polynucleotidesequence (above, SEQ ID NO: 67, top) and amino acid sequence (below,corresponding to residues 1-138 of SEQ ID NO: 69):

HindIII AAGCTTCCACCATGAAACACCTGTGGTTCTTCCTTCTCCTGGTGGCAGCTCCCAGCTGGGTC            M  K  H  L  W  F  F  L  L  L  V  A  A  P  S  W  VCTGTCCCAGGTGCAATTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTG L  S  Q  V  Q  L  Q  E  S  G  P  G  L  V  K  P  S  E  T  LTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTTCGTCCATCAGTAATTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGG S  L  T  C  T  V  S  G  S  S  I  S  N  Y  Y  W  S  W  I  RCAGTCCCCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGTTTATCTATTACGGTGGAAACACCAAG Q  S  P  G  K  G  L  E  W  I  G  F  I  Y  Y  G  G  N  T  KTACAATCCCTCCCTCAAGAGCCGCGTCACCATATCACAAGACACTTCCAAGAGTCAGGTC Y  N  P  S  L  K  S  R  V  T  I  S  Q  D  T  S  K  S  Q  VTCCCTGACGATGAGCTCTGTGACCGCTGCGGAATCGGCCGTCTATTTCTGTGCGAGAGCG S  L  T  M  S  S  V  T  A  A  E  S  A  V  Y  F  C  A  R  A                                                           XhoITCTTGTAGTGGTGGTTACTGTATCCTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTC S  C  S  G  G  Y  C  I  L  D  Y  W  G  Q  G  T  L  V  T  V TCGAG  S

The amino acid sequence of the 8i10 Gamma HC is as follows with specificdomains identified below (CDR sequences defined according to Kabatmethods):

M K H L W F F L L L V A A P S W V L S VH leader (SEQ ID NO: 70)Q V Q L Q E S G P G L V K P S E T L S L T C T V S G S S I S FR1 (SEQ IDNO: 71) N Y Y W S CDR1(SEQ ID NO: 72) W I R Q S P G K G L E W I G FR2(SEQ ID NO: 73) F I Y Y G G N T K Y N P S L K S CDR2 (SEQ ID NO: 74)R V T I S Q D T S K S Q V S L T M S S V T A A E S A V Y F C A R FR3(SEQID NO: 75) A S C S G G Y C I L D CDR3 (SEQ ID NO: 76)Y W G Q G T L V T V S FR4 (SEQ ID NO: 77) YWGQGTLVTVSS Long FR4 (SEQ IDNO: 266)

The following is an example of the Gamma HC variable region of 8i10cloned into the expression vector pcDNA3.1 which already contained theGamma HC constant region (upper polynucleotide sequence corresponds toSEQ ID NO: 78, lower polynucleotide sequence corresponds to SEQ ID NO:79, amino acid sequence corresponds to SEQ ID NO: 69). Bases in blackrepresents pcDNA3.1 vector sequences, underlined bases represent thecloned antibody sequences.

The framework 4 (FR4) region of the Gamma HC normally ends with twoserines (SS), so that the full framework 4 region should be WGQGTLVTVSS(SEQ ID NO: 80). The accepting Xho 1 site and one additional basedownstream of the Xho1 site in the vector; in which the Gamma HCconstant region that the Gamma HC variable regions are cloned, suppliesthe last bases, which encode this final amino acid of framework 4.However, the original vector did not adjust for the silent mutation madewhen the Xho1 site (CTCGAG, SEQ ID NO: 81) was created and contained an“A” nucleotide downstream of the Xho1 site, which caused an amino acidchange at the end of framework 4: a serine to arginine (S to R)substitution present in all the working Gamma HC clones. Thus, the fullframework 4 region reads WGQGTLVTVSR (SEQ ID NO: 82). Future constructsare being created wherein the base downstream of the Xho 1 site is a “C”nucleotide. Thus, the creation of the Xho 1 site used for cloning of theGamma HC variable region sequences in alternative embodiments is asilent mutation and restores the framework 4 amino acid sequence to itsproper WGQGTLV TVSS (SEQ ID NO: 80). This is true for all M2 Gamma HCclones described herein.

Clone 21B15:

The Kappa LC variable region of the anti M2 clone 21B15 was cloned asHind III to BsiW1 fragment, and is encoded by the followingpolynucleotide sequences and SEQ ID NO: 83 and SEQ ID NO: 84:

HindIIIAAGCTTCCACCATGGACATGAGGGTCCTCGCTCAGCTCCTGGGGCTCCTGCTACTCTGGCTCCGAGGTGCTTCGAAGGTGGTACCTGTACTCCCAGGAGCGAGTCGAGGACCCCGAGGACGATGAGACCGAGGCTCCACGCAGATGTGACATCCAGGTGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCGTCTACACTGTAGGTCCACTGGGTCAGAGGTAGGAGGGACAGACGTAGACATCCTCTGTCTCAGTGGTAGACTTGCCGCGCGAGTCAGAACATTTACAAGTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAGACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTATGAACGGCGCGCTCAGTCTTGTAAATGTTCATAAATTTAACCATAGTCGTCTCTGGTCCCTTTCGGGGATAGGGCCTGATCTCTGCTGCATCCGGGTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGTCCCGGACTAGAGACGACGTAGGCCCAACGTTTCACCCCAGGGTAGTTCCAAGTCACCGTCACCTAGACCGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCACCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAACAGAGTCTGTCTAAAGTGAGAGTGGTAGTGGTCAGACGTTGGACTTCTAAAACGTTGAATGATGACAGTTGTCTCA                                                BsiWITACAGTCCCCCTCTCACTTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAGGGTGGATATCAAACGTACGATGTCAGGGGGAGAGTGAAAGCCGCCTCCCTGGTCCCACCTATAGTTTGCATGC

The translation of the 21B15 Kappa LC variable region is as follows,polynucleotide sequence (above, SEQ ID NO: 83, top) and amino acidsequence (below, corresponding to SEQ ID NO: 298):

HindIIIAAGCTTCCACCATGGACATGAGGGTCCTCGCTCAGCTCCTGGGGCTCCTGCTACTCTGGCTCCGAGGT            M  D  M  R  V  L  A  Q  L  L  G  L  L  L  L  W  L  R  GGCCAGATGTGACATCCAGGTGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACC A  R  C  D  I  Q  V  T  Q  S  P  S  S  L  S  A  S  V  G  D  R  V  TATCACTTGCCGCGCGAGTCAGAACATTTACAAGTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAGACCAGGGAAAGCC I  T  C  R  A  S  Q  N  I  Y  K  Y  L  N  W  Y  Q  Q  R  P  G  K  ACCTAAGGGCCTGATCTCTGCTGCATCCGGGTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGA P  K  G  L  I  S  A  A  S  G  L  Q  S  G  V  P  S  R  F  S  G  S  GTCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCACCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAA S  G  T  D  F  T  L  T  I  T  S  L  Q  P  E  D  F  A  T  Y  Y  C  Q                                                      BsiWICAGAGTTACAGTCCCCCTCTCACTTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAGGGTGGATATCAAACGTACG Q  S  Y  S  P  P  L  T  F  G  G  G  T  R  V  D  I  K  R  T

The amino acid sequence of the 21B15 Kappa LC variable region is asfollows, with specific domains identified below (CDR sequences definedaccording to Kabat methods):

M D M R V L A Q L L G L L L L W L R G A R C VK leader (SEQ ID NO: 57)D I Q V T Q S P S S L S A S V G D R V T I T C FR1 (SEQ ID NO: 58)R A S Q N I Y K Y L N CDR1 (SEQ ID NO: 59) W Y Q Q R P G K A P K G L I SFR2 (SEQ ID NO: 60) A A S G L Q S CDR2 (SEQ ID NO: 61)G V P S R F S G S G S G T D F T L T I T S L Q P E D F A T Y Y C FR3 (SEQID NO: 62) Q Q S Y S P P L T CDR3 (SEQ ID NO: 63) F G G G T R V D I KFR4 (SEQ ID NO: 64) R T Start of Kappa constant region

The primer used to clone the Kappa LC variable region extended across aregion of diversity and had wobble base position in its design. Thus, inthe framework 4 region a D or E amino acid could occur. In some cases,the amino acid in this position in the rescued antibody may not be theoriginal parental amino acid that was produced in the B cell. In mostkappa LCs the position is an E. Looking at the clone above (21B 15) a Din framework 4 (DIKRT) (SEQ ID NO: 544) was observed. However, lookingat the surrounding amino acids, this may have occurred as the result ofthe primer and may be an artifact. The native antibody from the B cellmay have had an E in this position.

The 21B15 Gamma HC variable region was cloned as a Hind III to Xho 1fragment, and is encoded by the following polynucleotide sequences andSEQ ID NO: 85 (top), and SEQ ID NO: 86 (bottom):

HindIII AAGCTTCCACCATGAAACACCTGTGGTTCTTCCTTCTCCTGGTGGCAGCTCCCAGCTGGGTCCTTCGAAGGTGGTACTTTGTGGACACCAAGAAGGAAGAGGACCACCGTCGAGGGTCGACCCAGGTGTCCCAGGTGCAATTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCACAGGGTCCACGTTAACGTCCTCAGCCCGGGTCCTGACCACTTCGGAAGCCTCTGGGACAGGGTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTTCGTCCATCAGTAATTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGGCAGTCCCAGTGGACGTGACAGAGACCAAGCAGGTAGTCATTAATGATGACCTCGACCTAGGCCGTCAGGGCAGGGAAGGGACTGGAGTGGATTGGGTTTATCTATTACGGTGGAAACACCAAGTACAATCCCTGTCCCTTCCCTGACCTCACCTAACCCAAATAGATAATGCCACCTTTGTGGTTCATGTTAGGGACCCTCAAGAGCCGCGTCACCATATCACAAGACACTTCCAAGAGTCAGGTCTCCCTGACGATGAGGGAGTTCTCGGCGCAGTGGTATAGTGTTCTGTGAAGGTTCTCAGTCCAGAGGGACTGCTACTGCTCTGTGACCGCTGCGGAATCGGCCGTCTATTTCTGTGCGAGAGCGTCTTGTAGTGGTGGTTCGAGACACTGGCGACGCCTTAGCCGGCAGATAAAGACACGCTCTCGCAGAACATCACCACCAA                                           XholACTGTATCCTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGTGACATAGGAACTGATGACCCCGGTCCCTTGGGACCAGTGGCAGAGCTC

The translation of the 21B15 Gamma HC is as follows, polynucleotidesequence (above, SEQ ID NO: 87, top) and amino acid sequence (below,corresponding to residues 1-138 of SEQ ID NO: 69):

The amino acid sequence of the 21B15 Gamma HC is as follows, withspecific domains identified below (CDR sequences defined according toKabat methods):

M K H L W F F L L L V A A P S W V L S VH leader (SEQ ID NO: 70)Q V Q L Q E S G P G L V K P S E T L S L T C T V S G S S I S FR1 (SEQ IDNO: 71) N Y Y W S CDR1 (SEQ ID NO: 72) W I R Q S P G K G L E W I G FR2(SEQ ID NO: 73) F I Y Y G G N T K Y N P S L K S CDR2 (SEQ ID NO: 74)R V T I S Q D T S K S Q V S L T M S S V T A A E S A V Y F C A R FR3 (SEQID NO: 75) A S C S G G Y C I L D CDR3 (SEQ ID NO: 76)Y W G Q G T L V T V S FR4 (SEQ ID NO: 77) YWGQGTLVTVSS Long FR4 (SEQ IDNO: 266)

Clone 23K12 (Corresponds to TCN-031):

The Kappa LC variable region of the anti M2 clone 23K12 was cloned asHind III to BsiW1 fragment (see below), and is encoded by the followingpolynucleotide sequences SEQ ID NO: 88 (top) and SEQ ID NO: 89 (below).

HindIIIAAGCTTCCACCATGGACATGAGGGTCCTCGCTCAGCTCCTGGGGCTCCTGCTACTCTGGCTCCGAGGTTCGAAGGTGGTACCTGTACTCCCAGGAGCGAGTCGAGGACCCCGAGGACGATGAGACCGAGGCTCCTGCCAGATGTGACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACGGTCTACACTGTAGGTCTACTGGGTCAGAGGTAGGAGGGACAGACGTAGACATCCTCTGTCTCAGACCATCACTTGCCGGACAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCAGCTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGATGGTAGTGAACGGCCTGTTCAGTCTCGTAATCGTCGATAAATTTAACCATAGTCGTCTTTGGTCCCTAAGCCCCTAAACTCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGTTCGGGGATTTGAGGACTAGATACGACGTAGGTCAAACGTTTCACCCCAGGGTAGTTCCAAGTCACCCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCGGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACCTACGTCACCTAGACCCTGTCTAAAGTGAGAGTGGTAGTCGCCAGACGTTGGACTTCTAAAACGTTGGATG                                                            BslWITACTGTCAACAGAGTTACAGTATGCCTGCCTTTGGCCAGGGGACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAACGTACGATGACAGTTGTCTCAATGTCATACGGACGGAAACCGGTCCCCTGGTTCGACCTCTAGTTTGCATGC

The translation of the 23K12 Kappa LC variable region is as follows,polynucleotide sequence (above, SEQ ID NO: 90, top) and amino acidsequence (below, corresponding to SEQ ID NO: 91).

The amino acid sequence of the 23K12 Kappa LC variable region is asfollows, with specific domains identified below (CDR sequences definedaccording to Kabat methods):

M D M R V L A Q L L G L L L L W L R G A R C VK leader (SEQ ID NO: 57)D I Q M T Q S P S S L S A S V G D R V T I T C FR1 (SEQ ID NO: 58)R T S Q S I S S Y L N CDR1 (SEQ ID NO: 92) W Y Q Q K P G K A P K L L I YFR2 (SEQ ID NO: 93) A A S S L Q S G V P S R F CDR2 (SEQ ID NO: 94)S G S G S G T D F T L T I S G L Q P E D F A T Y Y C FR3 (SEQ ID NO: 95)Q Q S Y S M P A CDR3 (SEQ ID NO: 96) F G Q G T K L E I K FR4 (SEQ ID NO:114) R T Start of Kappa LC constant region

The 23K12 Gamma HC variable region was cloned as a Hind III to Xho 1fragment, and is encoded by the following polynucleotide sequences andSEQ ID NO: 97 (top) and SEQ ID NO: 98 (bottom).

HindIIIAAGCTTCCACCATGGAGTTGGGGCTGTGCTGGGTTTTCCTTGTTGCTATTTTAAAAGGTGTCCAGTTTCGAAGGTGGTACCTCAACCCCGACACGACCCAAAAGGAACAACGATAAAATTTTCCACAGGTCAGTGAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTCCAGCCTGGGGGGTCCCTGAGAATCTCCTCACTCCACGTCGACCACCTCAGACCCCCTCCGAACCAGGTCGGACCCCCCAGGGACTCTTAGAGGAGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCGTCAGTAGCAACTACATGAGTTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGCACGTCGGAGACCTAAGTGGCAGTCATCGTTGATGTACTCAACCCAGGCGGTCCGAGGTCCCTTCCGGCTGGAGTGGGTCTCAGTTATTTATAGTGGTGGTAGCACATACTACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCACCGACCTCACCCAGAGTCAATAAATATCACCACCATCGTGTATGATGCGTCTGAGGCACTTCCCGTGATTCTCCTTCTCCAGAGACAACTCCAAGAACACAGTGTTTCTTCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCCGCTAAGAGGAAGAGGTCTCTGTTGAGGTTCTTGTGTCACAAAGAAGTTTACTTGTCGGACTCTCGGCAGGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGATGTCTGAGCAGGATGCGGGGTTACGGTTTAGACGTCTTCCTGTGCCGACACATAATGACACGCTCTACAGACTCGTCCTACGCCCCAATGCCAAATCTGCAGA                         Xhol GGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCACCGTCTCGAGCCCCGGTTCCCTGGTGCCAGTGGCAGAGCTC

The translation of the 23K12 Gamma HC variable region is as follows,polynucleotide sequence (above, SEQ ID NO: 99, top), and amino acidsequence (below, corresponding to SEQ ID NO: 100):

The amino acid sequence of the 23K12 Gamma HC variable region is asfollows, with specific domains identified below (CDR sequences definedaccording to Kabat methods):

M E L G L C W V F L V A I L K G V Q C VH leader (SEQ ID NO: 101)E V Q L V E S G G G L V Q P G G S L R I S C A A S G F T V S FR1 (SEQ IDNO: 102) S N Y M S CDR1 (SEQ ID NO: 103) W V R Q A P G K G L E W V S FR2(SEQ ID NO: 104) V I Y S G G S T Y Y A D S V K CDR2 (SEQ ID NO: 105)G R F S F S R D N S K N T V F L Q M N S L R A E D T A V Y Y C A R FR3(SEQ ID NO: 106) C L S R M R G Y G L D V CDR3 (SEQ ID NO: 107)W G Q G T T V T V S FR4 (SEQ ID NO: 108) WGQGTTVTVSS Long FR4 (SEQ IDNO: 111)

Example 3 Identification of Conserved Antibody Variable Regions

The amino acid sequences of the three antibody Kappa LC and Gamma HCvariable regions were aligned to identify conserved regions andresidues, as shown below.

Amino acid sequence alignment of the Kappa LC variable regions of thethree clones (SEQ ID NOs 673-675, respectively, in order of appearance):

10 20 Translation of mp 73 A S T M D M R V L A Q L L G L L L L W L R G A21B15 Translation of mp 147 A S T M D M R V L A Q L L G L L L L W L R GA 8I10 Translation of mp 137 A S T M D M R V L A Q L L G L L L L W L R GA 23K12 30 40 Translation of mp 73 R C D I Q V T Q S P S S L S A S V G DR V T I 21B15 Translation of mp 147 R C D I Q M T Q S P S S L S A S V GD R V T I 8I10 Translation of mp 137 R C D I Q M T Q S P S S L S A S V GD R V T I 23K12 50 60 Translation of mp 73 T C R A S Q N I Y K Y L N W YQ Q R P G K A P 21B15 Translation of mp 147 T C R A S Q N I Y K Y L N WY Q Q R P G K A P 8I10 Translation of mp 137 T C R T S Q S I S S Y L N WY Q Q K P G K A P 23K12 70 80 90 Translation of mp 73 K G L I S A A S GL Q S G V P S R F S G S G S 21B15 Translation of mp 147 K G L I S A A SG L Q S G V P S R F S G S G S 8I10 Translation of mp 137 K L L I Y A A SS L Q S G V P S R F S G S G S 23K12 100 110 Translation of mp 73 G T D FT L T I T S L Q P E D F A T Y Y C Q Q 21B15 Translation of mp 147 G T DF T L T I T S L Q P E D F A T Y Y C Q Q 8I10 Translation of mp 137 G T DF T L T I S G L Q P E D F A T Y Y C Q Q 23K12 120 130 Translation of mp73 S Y S P P L T F G G G T R V D I K R T 21B15 Translation of mp 147 S YS P P L T F G G G T R V E I K R T 8I10 Translation of mp 137 S Y S M P —A F G Q G T K L E I K R T 23K12

Amino acid sequence alignment of the Gamma HC variable regions of thethree clones (SEQ ID NOs 676-678, respectively, in order of appearance):

10 20 Translation of mp S1 21B15 A S T M K H L W F F L L L V A A P S W VTranslation of mp 145 23K12 A S T M E L G L C W V F L V A I L K G VTranslation of mp 153 8I10 A S T M K H L W F F L L L V A A P S W V 30 40Translation of mp 81 21B15 L S Q V Q L Q E S G P G L V K P S E T LTranslation of mp 145 23K12 Q C E V Q L V E S G G G L V Q P G G S LTranslation of mp 153 8I10 L S Q V Q L Q E S G P G L V K P S E T L 50 60Translation of mp 81 21B15 S L T C T V S G S S I S N Y Y W S W I RTranslation of mp 145 23K12 R I S C A A S G F T V S S N Y M S W V RTranslation of mp 153 8I10 S L T C T V S G S S I S N Y Y W S W I R 70 80Translation of mp 81 21B15 Q S P G K G L E W I G F I Y Y G G N T KTranslation of mp 145 23K12 Q A P G K G L E W V S V I Y S G G S T YTranslation of mp 153 8I10 Q S P G K G L E W I G F I Y Y G G N T K 90100 Translation of mp 81 21B15 Y N P S L K S R V T I S Q D T S K S Q VTranslation of mp 145 23K12 Y A D S V K G R F S F S R D N S K N T VTranslation of mp 153 8I10 Y N P S L K S R V T I S Q D T S K S Q V 110120 Translation of mp 81 21B15 S L T M S S V T A A E S A V Y F C A R ATranslation of mp 145 23K12 F L Q M N S L R A E D T A V Y Y C A R CTranslation of mp 153 8I10 S L T M S S V T A A E S A V Y F C A R A 130140 Translation of mp 81 S C S G G Y C I L D Y W G Q T L V T V S 21B15Translation of mp 145 L S R M R G Y G L D V W G Q T T V T V S 23K12Translation of mp 153 S C S G G Y C I L D Y W G Q T L V T V S 8I10

Clones 8I10 and 21B 15 came from two different donors, yet they have thesame exact Gamma HC and differ in the Kappa LC by only one amino acid atposition 4 in the framework 1 region (amino acids M versus V, seeabove), (excluding the D versus E wobble position in framework 4 of theKappa LC).

Sequence comparisons of the variable regions of the antibodies revealedthat the heavy chain of clone 8i10 was derived from germline sequenceIgHV4 and that the light chain was derived from the germline sequenceIgKV1.

Sequence comparisons of the variable regions of the antibodies revealedthat the heavy chain of clone 21B15 was derived from germline sequenceIgHV4 and that the light chain was derived from the germline sequenceIgKV1.

Sequence comparisons of the variable regions of the antibodies revealedthat the heavy chain of clone 23K12 was derived from germline sequenceIgHV3 and that the light chain was derived from the germline sequenceIgKV1.

Example 4 Production and Characterization of M2 Antibodies

The antibodies described above were produced in milligram quantities bylarger scale transient transfections in 293 PEAK cells. Crudeun-purified antibody supernatants were used to examine antibody bindingto influenza A/Puerto Rico/8/1932 (PR8) virus on ELISA plates, and werecompared to the binding of the control antibody 14C2, which was alsoproduced by larger scale transient transfection. The anti-M2 recombinanthuman monoclonal antibodies bound to influenza while the controlantibody did not (FIG. 9).

Binding was also tested on MDCK cells infected with the PR8 virus (FIG.10). The control antibody 14C2 and the three anti M2E clones: 8I10,21B15 and 23K12, all showed specific binding to the M2 protein expressedon the surface of PR8-infected cells. No binding was observed onuninfected cells.

The antibodies were purified over protein A columns from thesupernatants. FACs analysis was performed using purified antibodies at aconcentration of 1 ug per ml to examine the binding of the antibodies totransiently transfected 293 PEAK cells expressing the M2 proteins on thecell surface. Binding was measured testing binding to mock transfectedcells and cells transiently transfected with the Influenza subtype H3N2,A/Vietnam/1203/2004 (VN1203), or A/Hong Kong/483/1997 HK483 M2 proteins.As a positive control the antibody 14C2 was used. Unstained andsecondary antibody alone controls helped determined background. Specificstaining for cells transfected with the M2 protein was observed for allthree clones. Furthermore, all three clones bound to the high pathstrains A/Vietnam/1203/2004 and A/Hong Kong/483/1997 M2 proteins verywell, whereas the positive control 14C2 which bound well to H3N2 M2protein, bound much weaker to the A/Vietnam/1203/2004 M2 protein and didnot bind the A/Hong Kong/483/1997 M2 protein. See FIG. 11.

Antibodies 21B15, 23K12, and 8I10 bound to the surface of 293-HEK cellsstably expressing the M2 protein, but not to vector transfected cells(see FIG. 1). In addition, binding of these antibodies was not competedby the presence of 5 mg/ml 24-mer M2 peptide, whereas the binding of thecontrol chimeric mouse V-region/human IgG1 kappa 14C2 antibody (hu14C2)generated against the linear M2 peptide was completely inhibited by theM2 peptide (see FIG. 1). These data confirm that these antibodies bindto conformational epitopes present in M2e expressed on the cell or virussurface, as opposed to the linear M2e peptide.

Example 5 Viral Binding of Human Anti-Influenza Monoclonal Antibodies

UV-inactivated influenza A virus (A/PR/8/34) (Applied Biotechnologies)was plated in 384-well MaxiSorp plates (Nunc) at 1.2 μg/ml in PBS, with25 and was incubated at 4° C. overnight. The plates were then washedthree times with PBS, and blocked with 1% Nonfat dry milk in PBS, 50μl/well, and then were incubated at room temp for 1 hr. After a secondwash with PBS, MAbs were added at the indicated concentrations intriplicate, and the plates were incubated at room temp for 1 hour. Afteranother wash with PBS, to each well was added 25 μl of a 1/5000 dilutionof horseradish peroxidase (HRP) conjugated goat anti-human IgG Fc(Pierce) in PBS/1% Milk, and the plates were left at room temp for 1 hr.After the final PBS wash, the HRP substrate 1-Step™ Ultra-TMB-ELISA(Pierce) was added at 25 μl/well, and the reaction proceeded in the darkat room temp. The assay was stopped with 25 μl/well 1N H₂SO₄, and lightabsorbance at 450 nm (A450) was read on a SpectroMax Plus plate reader.Data are normalized to the absorbance of MAb 8I10 binding at 10 μg/ml.Results are shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B.

Example 6 Binding of Human Anti-Influenza Monoclonal Antibodies toFull-Length M2 Variants

M2 variants (including those with a high pathology phenotype in vivo)were selected for analysis. See FIG. 3A for sequences.

M2 cDNA constructs were transiently transfected in HEK293 cells andanalyzed as follows: To analyze the transient transfectants by FACS,cells on 10 cm tissue culture plates were treated with 0.5 ml CellDissociation Buffer (Invitrogen), and harvested. Cells were washed inPBS containing 1% FBS, 0.2% NaN₃ (FACS buffer), and resuspended in 0.6ml FACS buffer supplemented with 100 μg/m1 rabbit IgG. Each transfectantwas mixed with the indicated MAbs at 1 μg/ml in 0.2 ml FACS buffer, with5×10⁵ to 10⁶ cells per sample. Cells were washed three times with FACSbuffer, and each sample was resuspended in 0.1 ml containing 1 μg/mlalexafluor (AF) 647-anti human IgG H&L (Invitrogen). Cells were againwashed and flow cytometry was performed on a FACSCanto device(Becton-Dickenson). The data is expressed as a percentage of the meanfluorescence of the M2-D20 transient transfectant. Data for variantbinding are representative of 2 experiments. Data for alanine mutantsare average readouts from 3 separate experiments with standard error.Results are shown in FIGS. 3B and 3C.

Example 7 Alanine Scanning Mutagenesis to Evaluate M2 Binding

To evaluate the antibody binding sites, alanine was substituted atindividual amino acid positions as indicated by site-directedmutagenesis.

M2 cDNA constructs were transiently transfected in HEK293 cells andanalyzed as described above in Example 6. Results are shown in FIGS. 4Aand 4B. FIG. 8 shows that the epitope is in a highly conserved region ofthe amino terminus of the M2 polypeptide. As shown in FIGS. 4A, 4B andFIG. 8, the epitope includes the serine at position 2, the threonine atposition 5 and the glutamic acid at position 6 of the M2 polypeptide.

Example 8 Epitope Blocking

To determine whether the MAbs 8I10 and 23K12 bind to the same site, M2protein representing influenza strain A/HK/483/1997 sequence was stablyexpressed in the CHO (Chinese Hamster Ovary) cell line DG44. Cells weretreated with Cell Dissociation Buffer (Invitrogen), and harvested. Cellswere washed in PBS containing 1% FBS, 0.2% NaN₃ (FACS buffer), andresuspended at 10⁷ cells/ml in FACS buffer supplemented with 100 μg/mlrabbit IgG. The cells were pre-bound by either MAb (or the 2N9 control)at 10 μg/ml for 1 hr at 4° C., and were then washed with FACS buffer.Directly conjugated AF647-8I10 or -23K12 (labeled with the AlexaFluor®647 Protein Labeling kit (Invitrogen) was then used to stain the threepre-blocked cell samples at 1 μg/ml for 10⁶ cells per sample. Flowcytometric analyses proceeded as before with the FACSCanto. Data areaverage readouts from 3 separate experiments with standard error.Results are shown in FIG. 5.

Example 9 Binding of Human Anti-Influenza Monoclonal Antibodies to M2Variants and Truncated M2 Peptides

The cross reactivity of mAbs 8i10 and 23K12 to other M2 peptide variantswas assessed by ELISA. Peptide sequences are shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B.Additionally, a similar ELISA assay was used to determine bindingactivity to M2 truncated peptides.

In brief, each peptide was coated at 2 μg/mL to a flat bottom 384 wellplate (Nunc) in 25 μL/well of PBS buffer overnight at 4° C. Plates werewashed three times and blocked with 1% Milk/PBS for one hour at roomtemperature. After washing three times, MAb titers were added andincubated for one hour at room temperature. Diluted HRP conjugated goatanti-human immunoglobulin FC specific (Pierce) was added to each wellafter washing three times. Plates were incubated for one hour at roomtemperature and washed three times. 1-Step™ Ultra-TMB-ELISA (Pierce) wasadded at 25 μl/well, and the reaction proceeded in the dark at roomtemp. The assay was stopped with 25 μl/well 1N H₂SO₄, and lightabsorbance at 450 nm (A450) was read on a SpectroMax Plus plate reader.Results are shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B.

Example 10 In Vivo Evaluation of the Ability of Human Anti-InfluenzaMonoclonal Antibodies to Protect from Lethal Viral Challenge

The ability of antibodies, 23K12 and 8I10, to protect mice from lethalviral challenge with a high path avian influenza strain was tested.

Female BALB/c mice were randomized into 5 groups of 10. One day prior(Day −1 (minus one)) and two days post infection (Day +2 (plus two), 200ug of antibody was given via 200 ul intra-peritoneal injection. On Day 0(zero), an approximate LD90 (lethal dose 90) of A/Vietnam/1203/04influenza virus, in a volume of 30 μl was given intra-nasally. Survivalrate was observed from Day 1 through Day 28 post-infection. Results areshown in FIG. 7.

Example 11 Characterization of M2 Antibodies TCN-032 (8I10), 21B15,TCN-031 (23K12), 3241 G23, 3244 I10, 3243 J07, 3259 J21, 3245 O19, 3244H04, 3136 G05, 3252 C13, 3255 J06, 3420 I23, 3139 P23, 3248 P18, 3253P10, 3260 D19, 3362 B11, and 3242 P05 FACS

Full length M2 cDNA (A/Hong Kong/483/97) were synthesized (Blue HeronTechnology) and cloned into the plasmid vector pcDNA3.1 which was thentransfected into CHO cells with Lipofectamine (Invitrogen) to create astable pool of CHO-HK M2-expressing cells. For the panel of anti-M2Mabs, 20 μl samples of supernatant from transient transfections fromeach of the IgG heavy and light chain combinations was used to stain theCHO-HK M2 stable cell line. Bound anti-M2 mabs were visualized on viablecells with Alexafluor 647-conjugated goat anti-Human IgG H&L antibody(Invitrogen). Flow cytometry was performed with a FACSCanto, andanalysis on the accompanying FACSDiva software (Becton Dickenson).

ELISA

Purified Influenza A (A/Puerto Rico/8/34) inactivated by β-propiolactone(Advanced Biotechnologies, Inc.) was biotinylated (EZ-LinkSulfo-NHS-LC-Biotin, Pierce) and adsorbed for 16 hours at 4° C. to384-well plates in 25 μl PBS that were pre-coated with neutravidin(Pierce). Plates were blocked with BSA in PBS, samples of supernatantfrom transient transfections from each of the IgG heavy and light chaincombinations were added at a final dilution of 1:5, followed byHRP-conjugated goat anti-human Fc antibody (Pierce), and developed withTMB substrate (ThermoFisher).

The results of this analysis are shown below in Table 2.

TABLE 2 FACS Virus Transfection. Sequence ID M2-HK ELISA no BCC well IDGamma Light MFI OD A450 322 3241_G23 G4_005 K1_004 1697 3.02 3523244_I10 G4_007 K2_006 434 3.01 339 3243_J07 G4_007 K1_007 131 2.94 3363259_J21 G4_005 K2_005 1673 2.40 348 3245_O19 G3_004 K1_001 919 3.51 3453244_H04 G3_003 K1_006 963 3.31 346 Pos Cont Pos Cont 754 2.69 (HC) (LC)347 Neg Cont Neg Cont 11 0.15 (HC) (LC) 374 3136_G05 G4_007 K1_007 109ND 386 3252_C13 G4_013 K1_002 449 ND 390 3255_J06 G4_013 K2_007 442 ND400 3420_I23 G4_004 K1_003 112 ND 432 3139_P23 G4_016 K1_007a 110 1.02412 3248_P18 G4_009 K1_006 967 0.56 413 3253_P10 G4_007 K1_004 43 0.50434 3260_D19 G3_004a K2_001 846 2.46 439 3362_B11 G4_010a K1_007 2181.83 408 3242_P05 G3_005 K2_004 596 0.50 451 Pos Cont Pos Cont 1083 1.87(HC) (LC) 452 Neg Cont Neg Cont 6 0.05 (HC) (LC) Positive control:supernatant from tranisent transfection with the IgG heavy and lightchain combination of mAb 8I10 Negative control: supernatant fromtranisent transfection with the IgG heavy and light chain combination ofmAb 2N9 MFI = mean fluorescence intensity

Example 12 Human Antibodies Reveal a Protective Epitope that is HighlyConserved among Human and Non-Human Influenza A Viruses

Influenza remains a serious public health threat throughout the world.Vaccines and antivirals are available that can provide protection frominfection. However, new viral strains emerge continuously because of theplasticity of the influenza genome which necessitates annualreformulation of vaccine antigens, and resistance to antivirals canappear rapidly and become entrenched in circulating virus populations.In addition, the spread of new pandemic strains is difficult to containdue to the time required to engineer and manufacture effective vaccines.Monoclonal antibodies that target highly conserved viral epitopes mightoffer an alternative protection paradigm. Herein we describe theisolation of a panel of monoclonal antibodies derived from the IgG⁺memory B cells of healthy, human subjects that recognize a previouslyunknown conformational epitope within the ectodomain of the influenzamatrix 2 protein, M2e. This antibody binding region is highly conservedin influenza A viruses, being present in nearly all strains detected todate including highly pathogenic viruses that infect primarily birds andswine, and the current 2009 swine-origin H1N1 pandemic strain (S-OIV).Furthermore, these human anti-M2e monoclonal antibodies protect micefrom lethal challenges with either H5N1 or H1N1 influenza viruses. Theseresults suggest that viral M2e can elicit broadly cross-reactive andprotective antibodies in humans. Accordingly, recombinant forms of thesehuman antibodies may provide useful therapeutic agents to protectagainst infection from a broad spectrum of influenza A strains.

Introduction

Seasonal influenza epidemics hospitalize more than 200,000 people eachyear in the US and kill an estimated 500,000 worldwide (Thompson, W. W.et al. (2004) JAMA 292:1333-1340). The immune system affords onlypartial protection from seasonal strains in most individuals because ofconstantly arising point mutations in the viral genome which lead tostructural variability known as antigenic drift. Pandemic strainsencounter even less immune resistance due to genomic reassortment eventsamong different viruses which result in more radical shifts in viralantigenic determinants. Consequently, pandemic influenza has thepotential to cause widespread illness, death, and economic disruption.Vaccines and antiviral agents are available to counter the threat ofinfluenza epidemics and pandemics. However, the strain composition ofinfluenza vaccines must be determined prior to the influenza season onan annual basis, and predicting in advance which strains will becomedominant is challenging. Moreover, the emergence of strains that evadevaccine-induced, protective immune responses is relatively rapid whichoften results in inadequate protection (Carrat F, Flahault A. (2007)Influenza vaccine: the challenge of antigenic drift. Vaccine25:6852-6862). Antiviral drugs include oseltamivir and zanamivir whichinhibit the function of the viral protein neuraminidase (NA), andadamantanes which inhibit the ion channel function of the viral M2protein (Gubareva L V, et al. (2000) Lancet 355:827-835; Wang C, et al.(1993) J Virol 67:5585-5594). Antiviral agents are effective forsensitive virus strains but viral resistance can develop quickly and hasthe potential to render these drugs ineffective. In the 2008-2009 USinfluenza season nearly 100% of seasonal H1N1 or H3N2 influenza isolatestested were resistant to oseltamivir or adamantane antivirals,respectively (CDC Influenza Survey:www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2008-2009/weekly23.htm).

Passive immunotherapy using anti-influenza antibodies represents analternative paradigm for preventing or treating viral infection.Evidence for the utility of this approach dates back nearly 100 yearswhen passive serum transfer was used during the 1918 influenza pandemicwith some success (Luke T C, et al. (2006) Ann Intern Med 145:599-609).While protection provided by anti-influenza monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)is typically narrow in breadth because of the antigenic heterogeneity ofinfluenza viruses, several groups have recently reported protective mAbsthat bind to conserved epitopes within the stem region of viralhemagglutinin (HA) (Okuno Y, et al. (1993) J Virol 67:2552-2558; ThrosbyM, et al. (2008) PLoS One. 3: e3942; Sui J, et al. (2009) Nat Struct MolBiol 16:265-273; Corti D, et al. (2010) J Clin Investdoi:10.1172/JCI41902). These epitopes appear to be restricted to asubset of influenza viruses; these anti-HA mAbs would not be expected toprovide protection against viruses of the H3 and H7 subtypes. Of these,the former comprises an important component of circulating human strains(Russell C A, et al. (2008) Science 320:340-346) while the latterincludes highly pathogenic avian strains which have caused mortality inhumans (Fouchier R A, et al. (2004) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA101:1356-1361; Belser J A, et al. (2009) Emerg Infect Dis 15:859-865).

Of the three antibody targets present on the surface of the influenzavirus, the ectodomain of the viral M2 protein (M2e) is much more highlyconserved than either HA or NA, which makes, it an attractive target forbroadly protective mAbs. Monoclonal antibodies to M2e have been shown tobe protective in vivo (Wang R, et al. (2008) Antiviral Res 80:168-177;Liu W, et al. (2004) Immunol Lett 93:131-6; Fu T M, et al. (2008)Virology 385:218-226; Treanor J J, et al. (1990) J Virol 64:1375-1357;Beerli R, et al. (2009) Virology J 6:224-234), and several groups havedemonstrated protection against infection with vaccine strategies basedon M2e (Fu T M, et al. (2009) Vaccine 27:1440-1447; Fan J, et al. (2004)Vaccine 22:2993-3003; Slepushkin V A, et al. (1995) Vaccine13:1399-1402; Neirynck S, et al. (1999) Nat Med 5:1157-1163; Tompkins SM, et al. (2007) Emerg Infect Dis 13:426-435; Mozdzanowska K, et al.(2003) Vaccine 21:2616-2626). In these cases, purified M2 protein orpeptides derived from M2e sequence have been used as immunogens togenerate anti-M2e antibodies in animals or as vaccine candidates. In thepresent study, mAbs were isolated directly from human B cells that bindto the M2 protein displayed on virus particles and on virus-infectedcells. Further, we demonstrate that these antibodies protect mice from alethal influenza A virus challenge and that they can recognize M2variants derived from a wide range of human and animal influenza A virusisolates. This combination of properties may enhance the utility ofthese antibodies to prevent and treat influenza A virus infections.

Results and Discussion

Isolation of a Family of Anti-M2e mAbs from Human B Cells. To explorethe humoral immune response to natural influenza infection in humans, wehave isolated antibodies from IgG⁺ memory B cells of M2e-seropositivesubjects. Serum samples from 140 healthy adult, United States-sourceddonors were tested for reactivity with M2e expressed on the surface ofHEK293 cells that were transfected with a viral M2 gene (derived fromA/Fort Worth/50 H1N1). IgG⁺ memory B cells from 5 of the 23M2e-seropositive subjects were cultured under conditions where theyproliferated and differentiated into IgG-secreting plasma cells. B cellculture wells were screened for IgG reactivity to cell-surface M2e andimmunoglobulin heavy and light chain variable region (V_(H) and V_(L))genes were rescued by RT-PCR from 17 positive wells and incorporatedinto a human IgG1 constant region background for recombinant expressionand purification. VH and VL sequences of 15 of the 17 anti-M2e mAbscluster into two related groups (Table 3) (IMGT®, the InternationalImMunoGeneTics Information system®, available at www.imgt.org). In groupA, assignment of the germline VH gene segment is IGHV4-59*01 while inthe group B, the germline gene segment is IGHV3-66*01. The two moredistantly related mAbs 62B11 and 41G23 (group C) utilize the germline Vgene segment IGHV4-31*03 which has only 5 amino acid residue differencesfrom the germline V gene segment IGHV4-59*01 of group A. All of thesemAbs utilize the same light chain V gene, IGKV1-39*01 or its alleleIGKV1D-39*01 and show evidence of somatic hypermutation from thegermline heavy or kappa chain sequence (FIG. 12). Competitive bindingexperiments showed that all of these human mAbs appear to bind similarsites on native M2e expressed on the surface of Chinese hamster ovary(CHO) cells (FIG. 13). We selected for further characterization one mAbfrom each of groups A and B, designated TCN-031 and TCN-032,respectively.

TABLE 3 Immunoglobulin gene segment usage of human anti-M2e antibodies.Heavy chain germline gene segments Light chain germline gene segmentsmAb Variable Diversity Joining Variable Joining Group A TCN-032IGHV4-59*01 IGHD2-15*01 IGHJ4*02 IGKV1-39*01, or IGKV1D-39*01 IGKJ4*0143J7 IGHV4-59*07 IGHD1-26*01 IGHJ4*02 IGKV1-39*01, or IGKV1D-39*01IGKJ2*01 53P10 IGHV4-59*07 IGHD1-26*01 IGHJ4*02 IGKV1-39*01, orIGKV1D-39*01 IGKJ2*01 44I10 IGHV4-59*07 IGHD1-26*01 IGHJ4*02IGKV1-39*01, or IGKV1D-39*01 IGKJ2*01 55J6 IGHV4-59*01 IGHD5-18*01IGHJ4*02 IGKV1-39*01, or IGKV1D-39*01 IGKJ5*01 52C13 IGHV4-59*01IGHD5-18*01 IGHJ4*02 IGKV1-39*01, or IGKV1D-39*01 IGKJ5*01 39P23IGHV4-59*01 IGHD4-23*01 IGHJ4*01 IGKV1-39*01, or IGKV1D-39*01 IGKJ1*0136G5 IGHV4-59*01 IGHD2-8*01 IGHJ6*04 IGKV1-39*01, or IGKV1D-39*01IGKJ3*01 48P18 IGHV4-59*01 IGHD2-15*01 IGHJ6*02 IGKV1-39*01, orIGKV1D-39*01 IGKJ4*01 59J21 IGHV4-59*01 IGHD2-15*01 IGHJ6*02IGKV1-39*01, or IGKV1D-39*01 IGKJ4*01 20I23 IGHV4-59*01 IGHD6-6*01IGHJ6*02 IGKV1-39*01, or IGKV1D-39*01 IGKJ5*01 Group C 62B11 IGHV4-31*03IGHD4-23*01 IGHJ6*02 (a) IGKV1-39*01, or IGKV1D-39*01 IGKJ5*01 41G23IGHV4-31*03 IGHD3-16*01 IGHJ6*02 IGKV1-39*01, or IGKV1D-39*01 IGKJ5*01Group B TCN-031 IGHV3-66*01 IGHD3-10*01 IGHJ3*01 IGKV1-39*01, orIGKV1D-39*01 IGKJ2*01 44H4 IGHV3-66*01 Cannot assign IGHJ6*02IGKV1-39*01, or IGKV1D-39*01 IGKJ5*01 45O19 IGHV3-66*01 Cannot assignIGHJ6*02 IGKV1-39*01, or IGKV1D-39*01 IGKJ5*01 60D19 IGHV3-66*01 Cannotassign IGHJ6*02 IGKV1-39*01, or IGKV1D-39*01 IGKJ2*01 Referencesequences for each mAb heavy and light chain were analysed usingIMGT/V-QUEST to determine gene usage.

High Affinity Binding to the Surface of Influenza Virus. Both TCN-031and TCN-032 bound directly to an H1N1 virus (A/Puerto Rico/8/34) withhigh avidity, with half-maximal binding at about 100 ng/mL (FIG. 14 a).Fab fragments prepared from TCN-031 and TCN-032 bound virus withaffinities (KD) of 14 and 3 nM, respectively, as determined by surfaceplasmon resonance (Table 4). The human mAbs did not bind appreciably toa 23 amino acid synthetic peptide corresponding to the M2e domain of anH1N1 virus (A/Fort Worth/1/50) (FIG. 14 b). A chimeric derivative of themurine anti-M2e mAb 14C2 (ch14C2), which was originally generated byimmunization with purified M2 (Zebedee S L and Lamb R A. (1988) J Virol62:2762-2772), exhibited the opposite behavior to that observed with thehuman mAbs, with little binding to virus but robust binding to theisolated 23mer M2e peptide with half-maximal binding to peptide at 10ng/mL (FIGS. 14 a and 14 b). Interestingly, both the human mAbs andch14C2 bound to the surface of Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cellsinfected with H1N1 virus (A/Puerto Rico/8/34) with similar avidities(FIG. 14 c). It thus appears that viral epitopes recognized by the humananti-M2e mAbs are present and accessible on the surface of both virusand infected cells, while the epitope bound by ch14C2 is accessible onlyon the surface of infected cells. Our observation that the humananti-M2e mAbs do not bind appreciably to immobilized synthetic peptidesderived from M2e, and further that such peptides do not compete forbinding of these antibodies to M2e expressed on the surface of mammaliancells (FIG. 14 d), supports the idea that secondary structure within theM2e epitope is important for binding by the human antibodies. Thatch14C2 binds peptide immobilized on plastic suggests a lesser importanceof higher order structure for binding of this mAb.

TABLE 4 Affinity of anti-M2e Fab fragments for influenza virus. Fab ka(M⁻¹ * s⁻¹) kd (s⁻¹) KD TCN-031 1.0e6 1.4e−2  14 nM TCN-032 7.4e5 2.3e−33.2 nM cH14C2 5.0e2 1.8e−3 4.0 μM

Protection from Lethal Challenges with H5N1 and H1N1 viruses. We nextexamined the protective efficacy of the human anti-M2e mAbs TCN-031 andTCN-032 in a lethal challenge model of influenza infection in mice.Animals were challenged intranasally with 5×LD50 units of ahigh-pathogenicity H5N1 virus (A/Vietnam/1203/04) and both human mAbswere protective when treatment was initiated one day after viralchallenge. In contrast, mice that were subjected to similar treatmentregimens with a subclass-matched, irrelevant control mAb 2N9, whichtargets the AD2 epitope of the gp116 portion of the humancytomegalovirus gB, or with a vehicle control were protected to a lesserextent, or not at all, resulting in 70-80% survival for mice treatedwith human mAbs versus 20% survival for control mAb and 0% survival forvehicle (FIG. 15 a). The anti-M2e mAb ch14C2 did not confer substantialprotection in this model (20% survival; FIG. 15 a), though this mAb hasbeen shown to reduce the titer of virus in the lungs of mice infectedwith other strains of influenza virus (Treanor J J, et al. (1990) JVirol 64:1375-1357). All of the animals, including those in the TCN-031and TCN-032 treatment groups, exhibited weight loss from days 4 to 8post infection followed by a gradual increase in weight in the survivinganimals through the end of the study on day 14 (FIG. 15 b), indicatingthat the human anti-M2e mAbs afforded protection by reducing theseverity or extent of infection rather than by completely preventinginfection. Indeed, results of immunohistological and viral load analysesof lung, brain and liver tissue from additional animals in eachtreatment cohort are consistent with a reduction in the spread of virusbeyond the lung to the brain and also possibly liver in animals thatwere treated with the human anti-M2e mAbs, but not with ch14C2 or thesubclass-matched control mAb 2N9. The effect of the human anti-M2e mAbson viral load in the lung versus the control mAbs was, however, moremoderate (Table 5 and FIG. 16, respectively).

To test whether protection conferred by the human anti-M2e mAbs mirrorstheir broad binding behavior, we performed a similar in vivo challengestudy with a mouse-adapted isolate of the relatively divergent H1N1virus A/Puerto Rico/8/34. One hundred percent of PBS-treated orsubclass-matched, control antibody-treated mice were killed by thisvirus, while a majority of the animals treated with the human anti-M2emAbs TCN-031 and TCN-032 survived (60%; FIG. 15 c). With this virus micetreated with ch14C2 provided a similar survival benefit to that of thehuman anti-M2e mAbs (FIG. 15 c). Weight changes in each treatment groupthroughout the course of infection and its subsequent resolutionfollowed a pattern that was similar to that of mice infected with theH5N1 virus (FIG. 15 d).

The human anti-M2e mAbs and ch14C2 bound to cell surface-expressed M2efrom A/Vietnam/1203/04 and A/Puerto Rico/8/34 viruses (FIG. 19 b, Table6) and cells infected with A/Puerto Rico/8/34 (FIG. 14 c). Mechanismsfor antibody-mediated protection could include killing of infected hostcells by antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity orcomplement-dependent cytotoxicity (Wang R, et al. (2008) Antiviral Res80:168-177; Jegerlehner A, et al. (2004) J Immunol 172:5598-5605). Wefound in vitro evidence for both of these mechanisms with the humananti-M2e mAbs and ch14C2 (FIG. 17 and Table 6). An explanation for theenhanced in vivo protection observed with the human anti-M2e mAbs ascompared to ch14C2 following challenge by the high-pathogenicity avianvirus A/Vietnam/1203/04 as compared with A/Puerto Rico/8/34 could be dueto the unique capability of the human mAbs to bind virus directlywhereas ch14C2 does not appear to bind influenza virions (FIG. 14 a).Protective properties of antibodies that bind to virus might be expectedto include mechanisms such as antibody-dependent virolysis (Nakamura M,et al. (2000) Hybridoma 19:427-434) and clearance via opsonophagocytosisby host cells (Huber V C, et al. (2001) J Immunol 166:7381-7388). Someof these mechanisms require efficient interaction between antibodies andhost Fc receptors. In our mouse challenge experiments all of the mAbstested had human constant regions; however other studies have shown thathuman antibodies can interact productively with murine Fc receptors(Clynes R A, et al. (2000) Nat Med 6:443-446).

TABLE 5 Pathological assessment of lung, liver, and brain of micetreated with anti-M2e mAbs TCN-031 and TCN-032 after challenge with H5N1A/Vietnam/1203/04. Or- TCN- TCN- gans Mouse 031 032 2N9 CH14C2 PBS UT/CLung 1 ++/++ ++/ ++/++ ++/++ ++/++ ++/ ++ +++ 2 ++/++ ++/ ++/ ++/++++/++ ++/ ++ +++ ++ 3 ++/++ ++/ ++/++ ++/++ ++/ ++/ ++ +++ ++ Brain 1−/− −/− +/+ −/− +/+++ ++/ +++ 2 −/− ±/+ +/+++ +/+ −/− +/+ 3 −/− −/− +/++/++ +/+++ ++/ +++ Liver 1 −/− −/− +/+ +/− +/+ +/+ 2 −/− −/− +/+ +/− +/−+/− 3 −/− +/− +/+ +/+ +/+ +/+ Pathological changes and viral antigenswere detected in the lungs of all virus-challenged mice. The mice hadsimilar lung lesions across all groups, although mice in the TCN-031 andTCN-032 groups had a tendency toward less viral antigen expression inthe lung. In the brain and liver, lesions were not detected in mice inthe TCN-31 group and only one of three mice in the TCN-032 group showedsome evidence of viral antigens in the brain. Pathological changes/viralantigens: +++ severe/many, ++ moderate/moderate, + mild/few, ±scant/rare, − not observed/negative.

TABLE 6

The M2e sequence at the top is from A/Brevig Mission/1/18 (H1N1) and isused as the reference sequence for alignment of the M2 ecotodomain aminoacids 1-23 of 43 wild-type variants. Grey boxes denote amino acididentity with the reference sequence and white boxes are amino acidreplacement mutations. This list of non-identical sequences, except forHK, VN, and D20, was derived from M2 sequences used in references 11 and27. Sequence data are from the Influenza Virus Resource at the NationalCenter for Biotechnology Information(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/FLU/FLU.html).

Binding to the Highly Conserved N-Terminal Segment of M2e. To betterunderstand the unique viral binding property of the human anti-M2e mAbswe mapped their binding sites within the M2e domain. The lack ofappreciable binding of the human mAbs to M2e-derived linear peptidesprecluded a synthetic peptide approach to fine structure mapping oftheir epitopes. Instead, binding of the mAbs to M2e alanine substitutionmutants and naturally occurring M2 variants that were expressed on thesurface of cDNA-transfected mammalian cells was quantified by flowcytometry. Binding experiments with a panel of M2 mutant proteins whereeach position in the 23 amino acid M2 ectodomain was substituted withalanine revealed that the first (S), fourth (T), and fifth (E) positionsof the mature (methionine-clipped) M2 polypeptide were critical forbinding of both TCN-031 and TCN-032 (FIG. 19 a). In contrast, thebinding of ch14C2 was selectively diminished when alanine wassubstituted at position 14 of mature M2 (FIG. 19 a). These observationswere confirmed in studies with a panel of divergent, naturally occurringM2 variants; substitution with proline at position 4 (Table 6:A/Panama/1/1966 H2N2, A/Hong Kong/1144/1999 H3N2, A/Hong Kong/1180/1999H3N2, and A/chicken/Hong Kong/YU427/2003 H9N2) and glycine at position 5(Table 6: A/chicken/Hong Kong/SF1/2003 H9N2) correlated with diminishedbinding of the human anti-M2e mAbs but not ch14C2 (FIG. 19 b, Table 6).These results suggest that both TCN-031 and TCN-032 recognize a coresequence of SLLTE at positions 1-5 of the N-terminus of mature M2e. Thisis supported by data which show that these mAbs compete effectively witheach other for binding to M2e expressed on the surface of CHO cells(FIG. 20). In contrast, our results indicate that ch14C2 binds to a sitethat is spatially distinct and downstream of the SLLTE core that isrecognized by the human anti-M2e mAbs. Indeed, previous studies haveshown that 14C2 binds a relatively broad, linear epitope with thesequence EVERTPIRNEW at positions 5-14 of processed M2e (Wang R, et al.(2008) Antiviral Res 80:168-177).

While the epitopes recognized by TCN-031 and TCN-032 are likely verysimilar, there were some differences between these human mAbs in theirbinding to several of the M2e mutants. For instance, TCN-031 appears tohave a greater dependence than TCN-032 on residues 2 (L) and 3 (L) ofthe mature M2e sequence (FIG. 19 a). The VH regions of these two humanmAbs utilize different variable, diversity, and joining gene segmentswhich may explain the minor differences in binding observed betweenthese mAbs. Interestingly, despite the differences in their VH make-upthese human mAbs utilize the same germline kappa chain V gene segments,albeit with distinct kappa chain joining segments.

Localization of the binding region of the human anti-M2e mAbs at theN-terminal region of M2e is especially significant in light of theremarkably high sequence conservation in this part of the polypeptideamong influenza A viruses. The viral M gene segment that encodes M2 alsoencodes the internal viral protein M1 via differential splicing.However, the splice site is located downstream of the shared N-terminusof M2 and M1 resulting in two distinct mature polypeptides with anidentical 8 amino acid N-terminal sequence (Lamb R A and Choppin P W(1981) Virology 112:729-737). Options for viral escape from hostanti-M2e antibodies that bind this region might be limited as escapemutations in the N-terminal region would result in changes to not justM2 but also the M1 protein. Indeed, this N-terminal 8 amino acid segmentof M2e shows nearly complete identity in the 1364 unique full-length M2variants catalogued in the NCBI Influenza Database(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/FLU/Database/multiple.cgi) while muchlower levels of conservation are seen in M2e sequences downstream ofthis region (FIG. 19 c). In fact, the core human anti-M2e antibodyepitope SLLTE is present in ˜98% of the 1364 unique full-length M2esequences catalogued in the NCBI Influenza Database, including 97%, 98%and 98% of the human, swine and avian viruses, respectively. Thiscontrasts to the much lower conservation within the linear binding sitesof anti-M2e mAbs elicited by immunization with M2e peptides or proteins.For instance, 14C2 and Z3G1 (Wang R, et al. (2008) Antiviral Res80:168-177) bind sequences that are conserved in less than 40% ofinfluenza A viruses, and conservation within this region is even lowerin avian and swine viruses (Table 7).

The linear M2e epitopes recognized by peptide-elicited antibodies may bemore sensitive to escape mutations and natural substitutions that arepresent in some viral isolates. For example, P10L and P10H escapemutations to mAb 14C2 have been mapped to the central portion of M2e(Zharikova D, et al. (2005). J Virol 79:6644-6654) and those samesubstitutions also occur in M2e variants from some highly pathogenicH5N1 strains. We have found that the human mAbs TCN-031 and TCN-032 butnot ch14C2 bind to the M2 variant from the H5N1 virus A/Hong Kong/483/97(HK) which contains the P10L substitution (FIG. 19 b, Table 6). Thus,monoclonal antibodies with specificities similar to that of 14C2 arelikely to have limited utility as broad spectrum therapeutic agents.

In the examination of 5 human subjects we found 17 unique anti-M2eantibodies that bind the conserved N-terminal region of M2e, but did notobserve IgG-reactivity with M2e-derived peptides that contain the linearepitopes recognized by 14C2 and other peptide-elicited antibodies. Incontrast to the apparently uniform antibody response to M2e in naturallyinfected or vaccinated humans, mice immunized with M2e-derived peptidesproduced antibodies with a range of specificities within M2e, includingthe conserved N-terminus and also downstream regions (Fu T M, et al.(2008) Virology 385:218-226). It is tempting to speculate that the humanimmune system has evolved a humoral response that exclusively targetsthe highly conserved N-terminal segment of M2e rather than the moredivergent, and thus less sustainably protective, downstream sites.Despite the lack of evidence for human antibodies that recognize thisinternal region of M2e, analysis of the evolution of the M gene suggeststhat this region of M2e is under strong positive selection in humaninfluenza viruses (Furuse Y, et al. (2009) J Virol 29:67). Oneexplanation for this finding is that selective pressure is beingdirected at this internal region by immune mechanisms other thanantibodies. For instance, human T cell epitopes have been mapped tothese internal M2e sites (Jameson J, et al. (1998) J Virol72:8682-8689).

TABLE 7 Conservation of the viral binding site for human anti-M2e mAbscompared with those for mAbs derived from immunized mice, in influenzaA. Human Swine Avian All mAb (n = 506) (n = 193) (n = 665) (n = 1364)TCN-031, TCN-032 97 98 98 98 [1-SLLTE-5] Z3G1 79 39 7 38[2-LLTEVETPIR-11] (Ref. 11) 14C2 75 19 2 31 [5-EVETPIRNEW-14] (Ref. 11)

Recognition of 2009 H1N1 S-OIV. Broadly protective anti-influenza mAbscould be used in passive immunotherapy to protect or treat humans in theevent of outbreaks from highly pathogenic, pandemic viral strains. Acritical test of the potential for such mAbs as immunotherapeutic agentsis whether they are capable of recognizing virus strains that may evolvefrom future viral reassortment events. As a case in point, the humananti-M2e mAbs TCN-031 and TCN-032 were tested for their ability torecognize the current H1N1 swine-origin pandemic strain (S-OIV). ThesemAbs were derived from human blood samples taken in 2007 or earlier,prior to the time that this strain is thought to have emerged in humans(Neumann G, et al. (2009) Nature 459:931-939). Both human mAbs bound toMDCK cells infected with A/California/4/2009 (S-OIV H1N1, pandemic) andA/Memphis/14/1996 (H1N1, seasonal) whereas ch14C2 bound only to cellsinfected with the seasonal virus (FIG. 21). If this broad bindingbehavior proves to correlate with protection, as was the case withA/Vietnam/1203/2004 and A/Puerto Rico/8/34, then these human mAbs mightbe useful to prevent or treat the S-OIV pandemic strain or possiblyother pandemic strains that might emerge in the future.

While it is remarkable that humans have the capability to makeantibodies that may confer nearly universal protection against influenzainfection, the discovery of this heretofore un-described class ofantibodies raises the question of why this virus is able to mount aproductive infection in immunocompetent individuals at all. Thisapparent paradox may be explained by the nature of the protective M2eepitope and its relative immunogenicity. It has been noted by othersthat M2e appears to exhibit low immunogenicity in humans (Feng J, et al.(2006) Virol J 3:102; Liu W, et al. (2003) FEMS Immunol Med Microbio35:141-146), especially when compared to the immunodominant virusglycoproteins HA and NA. Therefore, protective anti-M2e antibodies mayexist in many individuals but at suboptimal titers. In support of thisnotion is our observation that most individuals did not display adetectable humoral response to M2e. We observed that fewer than 20%(23/140) of the individuals that we sampled in our cohort of healthysubjects had detectable serum levels of anti-M2e antibodies. The reasonsfor this phenomenon are not clear but a similar situation exists in HCMVwhere only a minority of HCMV seropositive subjects has measurableantibodies to the broadly conserved, neutralizing AD2 epitope within thegB complex of HCMV (Meyer H, et al. (1992) J Gen Virol 73:2375-2383;Ayata M, et al. (1994) J Med Virol 43:386-392; Navarro D, et al. (1997)J Med Virol 52:451-459).

An important requirement for an immunotherapeutic solution to theinfluenza threat will be the identification of protective epitopes thatare conserved in pre-existing and emerging viruses. Using large-scalesampling of the human immune response to native influenza M2 we haveidentified a naturally immunogenic and protective epitope within thehighly conserved N-terminal region of M2e. Human antibodies directed tothis epitope, including those described in the present study, may beuseful for the prevention and treatment of pandemic and seasonalinfluenza.

Methods

Memory B cell culture. Whole blood samples were collected from normaldonors under IRB approved informed consent and peripheral bloodmononuclear cells (PBMC) were purified by standard techniques. B cellcultures were set up using PBMC, B cells enriched by selection withM2-expressing cells, or IgG⁺ memory B cells enriched from PBMC vianegative depletion of nonIgG⁺ cells with antibodies to CD3, CD 14, CD16, IgM, IgA, and IgD on magnetic beads (Miltenyi, Auburn, Calif.) aspreviously described (Walker L, et al. (2009) Science 326:289-293).Briefly, to promote B cell activation, proliferation, terminaldifferentiation and antibody secretion, cells were seeded in 384-wellmicrotiter plates in the presence of feeder cells and conditioned mediagenerated from mitogen-stimulated human T cells from healthy donors. Theculture supernatants were collected 8 days later and screened in a highthroughput format for binding reactivity to M2 protein expressed on HEK293 cells stably transfected with influenza virus M2 (A/Fort Worth/50H1N1) using fluorescent imaging (FMAT system, Applied Biosystems).

Reconstitution of recombinant mAbs from B cell cultures. mRNA wasisolated from lysed B-cell cultures using magnetic beads (Ambion). Afterreverse transcription (RT) with gene-specific primers, variable domaingenes were PCR amplified using VH, V , and Vλ family-specific primerswith flanking restriction sites (Walker L, et al. (2009) Science326:289-293). PCR reactions producing an amplicon of the expected sizewere identified using 96-well E-gels (Invitrogen) and the variabledomain amplicons were cloned into the pTT5 expression vector (NationalResearch of Canada, Ottawa, Canada) containing human IgG1, Igκ, or Igλconstant regions. Each VH pool was combined with the correspondingV_(κ), or Vλ pools from individual BCC wells and was transientlytransfected in 293-6E cells to generate recombinant antibody.Conditioned media was harvested 3-5 days after transfection and assayedfor antibody binding to M2 protein expressed on HEK 293 cells.Individual clones were isolated from positive pools and unique VH and VLgenes were identified by sequencing. From these, monoclonal antibodieswere subsequently expressed and re-assayed for binding activity.

ELISA. To detect viral antigen, either 10.2 μg/mL UV-inactivated H1N1A/Puerto Rico/8/34 (PR8) virus (Advanced Biotechnologies, Inc.) waspassively adsorbed to 384-well plates in 25 μL PBS/well for 16 hr at 4°C., or PR8 inactivated by β-propiolactone (Advanced Biotechnologies,Inc.) was biotinylated (EZ-Link Sulfo-NHS-LC-Biotin, Pierce) andlikewise adsorbed to plates coated with neutravidin (Pierce).Virus-coated and biotinylated virus-coated plates were blocked with PBScontaining 1% milk or BSA, respectively. Binding of mAbs at theindicated concentrations was detected with HRP-conjugated goatanti-human Fc antibody (Pierce) and visualized with TMB substrate(ThermoFisher). The M2e peptide, SLLTEVETPIRNEWGCRCNDSSD (SEQ ID NO:680) (Genscript) was passively adsorbed at 1 μg/mL and antibody bindingto the peptide was detected by the same method.

FACS analysis of virally infected cells. To detect M2e following invitro infection, MDCK cells were treated with PR8 at multiplicity ofinfection (MOI) of 60:1 for 1 hr at 37° C. after which the culture mediawas replaced. The infected MDCK cells were further cultured for 16 hrbefore harvesting for cell staining with the indicated mAbs. Boundanti-M2 mAbs were visualized on viable cells with Alexafluor647-conjugated goat anti-Human IgG H&L antibody (Invitrogen). Flowcytometry was performed on FACSCanto equipped with the FACSDiva software(Becton Dickenson). For the panel of anti-M2 mAbs, 20 μL samples ofsupernatant from transient transfections from each of the IgG heavy andlight chain combinations was used to stain the 293 stable cell lineexpressing M2 of A/Hong Kong/483/97 FACS analysis was performed asabove.

M2 variant analyses. Individual full length M2 cDNA mutants weresynthesized with single ala mutations at each position of the ectodomainrepresenting A/Fort Worth/1/1950 (D20), as well as were the forty-threenaturally occurring variants of M2 (Blue Heron Technology). They werecloned into the plasmid vector pcDNA3.1. After transient transfectionwith Lipofectamine (Invitrogen), HEK293 cells were treated with 1 μg/mLof the indicated mAbs in PBS supplemented with 1% fetal bovine serum and0.2% NaN3 (FACS buffer). Bound anti-M2 mAbs were visualized on viablecells with Alexafluor 647-conjugated goat anti-Human IgG H&L antibody(Invitrogen). Flow cytometry was performed with FACSCanto equipped withthe FACSDiva software (Becton Dickenson). The relative binding to thenaturally occurring variants was expressed as the percentage of therespective mAb staining of the D20 transiently transfected cells, usingthe formula of Normalized MFI (%) 100×(MFIexperimental-MFImocktransfected)/(MFID20-MFImock transfected).

Therapeutic efficacy studies in mice. Animal studies were conductedunder Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee protocols. Weinoculated 6 groups of 10 mice (female 6-8 week old BALB/C) intranasallywith 5×_(LD50) of A/Vietnam/1203/04 (FIGS. 15 a and b) or 6 groups of 5mice intranasally with 5×_(LD50) A/Puerto Rico/8/34 (FIGS. 15 c and d).At 24, 72, and 120 hours post-infection the mice receivedintraperitoneal injections of 400 μg/200 μL dose of the anti-M2e mAbsTCN-031 TCN-032, control human mAb 2N9, control chimeric mAb ch14C2,PBS, or were left untreated. Mice were weighed daily for 2 weeks andwere euthanized when weight loss exceeded 20% (H5N1 study shown in FIGS.15 a and 15 b and H1N1 study shown in FIGS. 15 c and 15 d) of thepre-infection body weight.

Antibody reactivity to A/California/4/2009 infected cells. MDCK cellswere infected with media alone or media containing A/California/4/2009(H1N1) or A/Memphis/14/1996 (H1N1) at an MOI of approximately 1 and werecultured for 24 hours at 37° C. The cells were detached from the tissueculture plates with trypsin, washed extensively, and then fixed in 2%paraformaldehyde for 15 minutes. The cells were incubated with 1 μg/mlof the indicated antibodies and the primary antibody binding wasdetected with Alexafluor 647-conjugated goat anti-Human IgG H&L antibody(Invitrogen). The cells were analyzed with a Becton DickinsonFACSCalibur and data were processed using FlowJo software.

Competition analysis of antibody binding. Transient transfectionsupernatant containing antibody was screened for binding to 293 cellsstably transfected with M2 from H1N1 (A/Fort Worth/50 H1N1), or mocktransfected cells, in the presence or absence of the M2e peptideSLLTEVETPIRNEWGCRCNDSSD (Genscript) at 5 μg/mL. Bound anti-M2 mAbs weredetected with anti-huIgG Fc FMAT Blue at 700 ng/ml in DMEM with 10% FCSand visualized by fluorescent imaging (FMAT system, Applied Biosystems).

Example 13 Screening and Characterization of HA-Specific AntibodiesPresent in Human Plasma that Bind Purified Whole Inactivated Influenza AVirions, Bind Recombinant Homotrimeric HA Proteins, and NeutralizeInfectious Influenza A

Fully human monoclonal antibodies specific for HA and capable of bindingpurified whole inactivated Influenza A Virions, binding recombinanthomotrimeric HA proteins, and neutralizing live influenza A wereidentified in patient plasma, as described below.

Expression of Recombinant Soluble HA

An expression construct was generated containing a cDNA encoding an HAprecursor (HAO) polypeptide corresponding to the derived HA sequencefound in the Influenza subtypes, for example, as listed in Table 9.Recombinant HA0 precursor polypeptides of the invention lack an integralmembrane or transmembrane domain, and contain additional amino acids atthe C-terminus of the HA0 ectodomain, for instance, corresponding to thesequence:

wherein the thrombin cleavage site is bolded and italicized, thebacteriophage T4 fibritin “foldon” or trimerization domain isunderlined, the last amino acid of the trimerization domain, “G”, is thestart of the boxed “V5” epitope tag, which is followed by the hexahistadine (HIS) epitope tag in bold. The hexa-HIS tag within thepreceding C-terminal region is used for purification of recombinant HAproteins of the invention. Thus, recombinant HA0 precursor proteins thatcontain a trimerization domain are considered recombinant HAhomotrimeric proteins of the invention.

Recombinant HA homotrimeric proteins of the invention retain the nativesignal sequence to allow efficient secretion from art-recognized celllines maintained in vitro, e.g. 293 HEK cells as done by ImmuneTechnology Corp. (http://www.immune-tech.com/). Moreover, within theserecombinant HA homotrimeric proteins, or the HA0 precursors thereof, thenative HA1/HA2 viral protease cleavage site was maintained, forinstance, in all of the sequences provided in Table 9, except SEQ ID NO:737, in which the native cleavage site positioned at amino acids 337-347and consisting of the sequence “PQREGGRRRKR” (SEQ ID NO: 1250) wassubstituted with the sequence “PQTETR” (SEQ ID NO: 1251).

Furthermore, exemplary receptor binding domains of recombinant HAhomotrimeric proteins, or the HA0 precursors thereof, include thefollowing structural elements: a 190 α-helix, a 130-loop, and a 220-loop(see, sequence of Influenza A strain A/Vietnam/1203/2004) (or equivalentHA structures in other Influenza A strains that the ordinarily skilledartisan could readily obtain by accessing public databases, includingGenBank, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, and The Influenza SequenceDatabase, www.flu.lanl.gov, and downloading sequences) (Stevens et al.2006. Science 312: 404-410). In other embodiments of the invention, inwhich the recombinant HA homotrimeric protein, or HA0 precursor thereof,encoded by this expression construct is partially or entirely expressedand administered to a subject, these receptor binding domains may bemodified. The term “modified” is meant to describe the removal of one ormore structural elements. Alternatively, or in addition, “modified” ismeant to describe the addition, deletion, substitution, inversion, ortranslocation of one or more amino acids within a structural element ofa receptor-binding domain of HA. For instance, a linear or discontinuousepitope to which a HuMHA antibody of the invention binds is administeredto a subject at risk of contracting an influenza infection to preventthe infection. Alternatively or in addition, a linear or discontinuousepitope to which a HuMHA antibody of the invention binds is administeredto a subject prior to exposure to an influenza virus to preventinfluenza infection. In other embodiments a structural mimic of theconformational or discontinuous epitope is administered to a subject.When the above proteins are used for prophylactic purposes, forinstance, as a vaccine, it may be advantageous to modify one or morereceptor binding domains to control the resultant immune response in thesubject. Exemplary structural elements of HA that are optionallymodified include, but are not limited to, the 190 α-helix, the 130-loop,and the 220-loop of HA.

Recombinant homotrimeric HA proteins of the invention are encoded by thefollowing amino acid sequences, wherein the native sequence is boldedand the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 726 is normal (see also, Table 9):

A/California/4/09 (SEQ ID NO: 727)DTLCIGYHANNSTDTVDTVLEKNVTVTHSVNLLEDKHNGKLCKLRGVAPLHLGKCNIAGWILGNPECESLSTASSWSYIVETPSSDNGTCYPGDFIDYEELREQLSSVSSFERFEIFPKTSSWPNHDSNKGVTAACPHAGAKSFYKNLIWLVKKGNSYPKLSKSYINDKGKEVLVLWGIHHPSTSADQQSLYQNADTYVFVGSSRYSKKFKPEIAIRPKVRDQEGRMNYYWTLVEPGDKITFEATGNLVVPRYAFAMERNAGSGIIISDTPVHDCNTTCQTPKGAINTSLPFQNIHPITIGKCPKYVKSTKLRLATGLRNIPSIQSRGLFGAIAGFIEGGWTGMVDGWYGYHHQNEQGSGYAADLKSTQNAIDEITNKVNSVIEKMNTQFTAVGKEFNHLEKRIENLNKKVDDGFLDIWTYNAELLVLLENERTLDYHDSNVKNLYEKVRSQLKNNAKEIGNGCFEFYHKCDNTCMESVKNGTYDYPKYSEEAKLNREEIDGVKLESTRIYQSGRLVPRGS PGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLGLDS TGHHHHHHA/Solomon Islands/3/06 - H1N1 (SEQ ID NO: 728)DTICIGYHANNSTDTVDTVLEKNVTVTHSVNLLEDSHNGKLCLLKGIAPLQLGNCSVAGWILGNPECELLISRESWSYIVEKPNPENGTCYPGHFADYEELREQLSSVSSFERFEIFPKESSWPNHTTTGVSASCSHNGESSFYKNLLWLTGKNGLYPNLSKSYANNKEKEVLVLWGVHHPPNIGDQRALYHKENAYVSVVSSHYSRKFTPEIAKRPKVRDQEGRINYYWTLLEPGDTIIFEANGNLIAPRYAFALSRGFGSGIINSNAPMDECDAKCQTPQGAINSSLPFQNVHPVTIGECPKYVRSAKLRMVTGLRNIPSIQSRGLFGAIAGFIEGGWTGMVDGWYGYHHQNEQGSGYAADQKSTQNAINGITNKVNSVIEKMNTQFTAVGKEFNKLERRMENLNKKVDDGFIDIWTYNAELLVLLENERTLDFHDSNVKNLYEKVKSQLKNNAKEIGNGCFEFYHKCNDECMESVKNGTYDYPKYSEESKLNREKIDGVKLESMGVYQSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLGLD STGHHHHHHA/South Carolina/1/18 (SEQ ID NO: 729)MEARLLVLLCAFAATNADTICIGYHANNSTDTVDTVLEKNVTVTHSVNLLEDSHNGKLCKLKGIAPLQLGKCNIAGWLLGNPECDLLLTASSWSYIVETSNSENGTCYPGDFIDYEELREQLSSVSSFEKFEIFPKTSSWPNHETTKGVTAACSYAGASSFYRNLLWLTKKGSSYPKLSKSYVNNKGKEVLVLWGVHHPPTGTDQQSLYQNADAYVSVGSSKYNRRFTPEIAARPKVRDQAGRMNYYWTLLEPGDTITFEATGNLIAPWYAFALNRGSGSGIITSDAPVHDCNTKCQTPHGAINSSLPFQNIHPVTIGECPKYVRSTKLRMATGLRNIPSIQSRGLFGAIAGFIEGGWTGMIDGWYGYHHQNEQGSGYAADQKSTQNAIDGITNKVNSVIEKMNTQFTAVGKEFNNLERRIENLNKKVDDGFLDIWTYNAELLVLLENERTLDFHDSNVRNLYEKVKSQLKNNAKEIGNGCFEFYHKCDDACMESVRNGTYDYPKYSEESKLNREEIDGVKLESMGVYQSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLGLDSTGHH HHHHA/Japan/305/57 - H2N2 (SEQ ID NO: 730)DQICIGYHANNSTEKVDTNLERNVTVTHAKDILEKTHNGKLCKLNGIPPLELGDCSIAGWLLGNPECDRLLSVPEWSYIMEKENPRDGLCYPGSFNDYEELKHLLSSVKHFEKVKILPKDRWTQHTTTGGSRACAVSGNPSFFRNMVWLTKEGSDYPVAKGSYNNTSGEQMLIIWGVHHPIDETEQRTLYQNVGTYVSVGTSTLNKRSTPEIATRPKVNGQGGRMEFSWTLLDMWDTINFESTGNLIAPEYGFKISKRGSSGIMKTEGTLENCETKCQTPLGAINTTLPFHNVHPLTIGECPKYVKSEKLVLATGLRNVPQIESRGLFGAIAGFIEGGWQGMVDGWYGYHHSNDQGSGYAADKESTQKAFDGITNKVNSVIEKMNTQFEAVGKEFGNLERRLENLNKRMEDGFLDVWTYNAELLVLMENERTLDFHDSNVKNLYDKVRMQLRDNVKELGNGCFEFYHKCDDECMNSVKNGTYDYPKYEEESKLNRNEIKGVKLSSMGVYQSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLGLDSTGHHHHHH A/Wisconsin/67/05 - H3N2 (SEQ ID NO: 731)QKLPGNDNSTATLCLGHHAVPNGTIVKTITNDQIEVTNATELVQSSSTGGICDSPHQILDGENCTLIDALLGDPQCDGFQNKKWDLFVERSKAYSNCYPYDVPDYASLRSLVASSGTLEFNDESFNWTGVTQNGTSSSCKRRSNNSFFSRLNWLTQLKFKYPALNVTMPNNEKFDKLYIWGVHHPVTDNDQIFLYAQASGRITVSTKRSQQTVIPNIGSRPRIRNIPSRISIYWTIVKPGDILLINSTGNLIAPRGYFKIRSGKSSIMRSDAPIGKCNSECITPNGSIPNDKPFQNVNRITYGACPRYVKQNTLKLATGMRNVPEKQTRGIFGAIAGFIENGWEGMVDGWYGFRHQNSEGIGQAADLKSTQAAINQINGKLNRLIGKTNEKFHQIEKEFSEVEGRIQDLEKYVEDTKIDLWSYNAELLVALENQHTIDLTDSEMNKLFERTKKQLRENAEDMGNGCFKIYHKCDNACIGSIRNGTYDHDVYRDEALNNRFQIKGVELKSGSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLGLDSTGHHHH HHA/swine/Ontario/01911-2/99 - H4N6 (SEQ ID NO: 732)QNYTGNPVICLGHHAVSNGTMVKTLTDDQIEVVTAQELVESQHLPELCPSPLRLVDGQTCDIVNGALGSPGCDHLNGAEWDVFIERPTAVDTCYPFDVPDYQSLRSILANNGKFEFIAEEFQWNTVKQNGKSGACKRANVNDFFNRLNWLTKSDGNAYPLQNLTKVNNGDYARLYIWGVHHPSTDTEQTNLYKNNPGRVTVSTQTSQTSVVPNIGSRPWVRGLSSRISFYWTIVEPGDLIVFNTIGNLIAPRGHYKLNSQKKSTILNTAVPIGSCVSKCHTDKGSISTTKPFQNISRISIGDCPKYVKQGSLKLATGMRSILEKATRGLFGAIAGFIENGWQGLIDGWYGFRHQNAEGTGTAADLKSTQAAIDQINGKLNRLIGKPNEKYHQIEKEFEQVEGRIQDLEKYVEDTKIDLWSYNAELLVALENQHTIDVTDSEMNKLFERVRHQLRENAEDKGNGCFEIFHQCDNSCIESIRNGTYDHDIYRDEAINNRFQIQGVKLIQGYKDSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLGLDSTG HHHHHHA/Hong Kong/156/97 - H5N1 (SEQ ID NO: 733)MERTVLLLATVSLVKSDQICIGYHANNSTEQVDTIMEKNVTVTHAQDILERTHNGKLCDLNGVKPLILRDCSVAGWLLGNPMCDEFINVPEWSYIVEKASPANDLCYPGNFNDYEELKHLLSRINHFEKIQIIPKSSWSNHDASSGVSSACPYLGRSSFFRNVVWLIKKNSAYPTIKRSYNNTNQEDLLVLWGVHHPNDAAEQTKLYQNPTTYISVGTSTLNQRLVPEIATRPKVNGQSGRMEFFWTILKPNDAINFESNGNFIAPEYAYKIVKKGDSTIMKSELEYGNCNTKCQTPMGAINSSMPFHNIHPLTIGECPKYVKSNRLVLATGLRNTPQRERRRKKRGLFGAIAGFIEGGWQGMVDGWYGYHHSNEQGSCYSADKESTQKAIDGVTNKVNSIINKMNTQFEAVGREFNNLERRIENLNKKMEDGFLDVWTYNAELLVLMENERTLDFHDSNVKNLYDKVRLQLRDNAKELGNGCFEFYHKCDNECMESVKNGTYDYPQYSEEARLNREEISGVKLESMGTYQSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLGLDSTGHHHHHH A/Vietnam/1203/04 - H5N1 (SEQ ID NO:734) DQICIGYHANNSTEQVDTIMEKNVTVTHAQDILEKKHNGKLCDLDGVKPLILRDCSVAGWLLGNPMCDEFINVPEWSYIVEKANPVNDLCYPGDFNDYEELKHLLSRINHFEKIQIIPKSSWSSHEASLGVSSACPYQGKSSFFRNVVWLIKKNSTYPTIKRSYNNTNQEDLLVLWGIHHPNDAAEQTKLYQNPTTYISVGTSTLNQRLVPRIATRSKVNGQSGRMEFFWTILKPNDAINFESNGNFIAPEYAYKIVKKGDSTIMKSELEYGNCNTKCQTPMGAINSSMPFHNIHPLTIGECPKYVKSNRLVLATGLRNSPQRERRRKKRGLFGAIAGFIEGGWQGMVDGWYGYHHSNEQGSGYAADKESTQKAIDGVTNKVNSIIDKMNTQFEAVGREFNNLERRIENLNKKMEDGFLDVWTYNAELLVLMENERTLDFHDSNVKNLYDKVRLQLRDNAKELGNGCFEFYHKCDNECMESVRNGTYDYPQYSEEARLKREEISGVKLESIGIYQSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLGLDSTGHHHHHH A/Indonesia/5/05 - H5N1 (SEQ ID NO: 735)DQICIGYHANNSTEQVDTIMEKNVTVTHAQDILEKTHNGKLCDLDGVKPLILRDCSVAGWLLGNPMCDEFINVPEWSYIVEKANPTNDLCYPGSFNDYEELKHLLSRINHFEKIQIIPKSSWSDHEASSGVSSACPYLGSPSFFRNVVWLIKKNSTYPTIKKSYNNTNQEDLLVLWGIHHPNDAAEQTRLYQNPTTYISIGTSTLNQRLVPKIATRSKVNGQSGRMEFFWTILKPNDAINFESNGNFIAPEYAYKIVKKGDSAIMKSELEYGNCNTKCQTPMGAINSSMPFHNIHPLTIGECPKYVKSNRLVLATGLRNSPQRESRRKKRGLFGAIAGFIEGGWQGMVDGWYGYHHSNEQGSGYAADKESTQKAIDGVTNKVNSIIDKMNTQFEAVGREFNNLERRIENLNKKMEDGFLDVWTYNAELLVLMENERTLDFHDSNVKNLYDKVRLQLRDNAKELGNGCFEFYHKCDNECMESIRNGTYNYPQYSEEARLKREEISGVKLESIGTYQSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLGLDSTGHHHHHH A/Egypt/3300-NAMRU3/08 - H5N1 (SEQ ID NO: 736)DQICIGYHANNSTEQVDTIMEKNVTVTHAQDILEKTHNGKLCDLDGVKPLILRDCSVAGWLLGNPMCDEFLNVSEWSYIVEKINPANDLCYPGNFNNYEELKHLLSRINRFEKIQIIPKSSWPDHEASLGVSSACPYQGGPSFYRNVVWLIKKNNTYPTIKKSYHNTNQEDLLVLWGIHHPNDEAEQTRIYKNPTTYISVGTSTLNQRLVPKIATRSKVNGQSGRVEFFWTILKSNDTINFESNGNFIAPENAYKIVKKGDSTIMKSELEYGNCNTKCQTPIGAINSSMPFHNIHPLTIGECPKYVKSNRLVLATGLRNSPQGERRRKKRGLFGAIAGFIEGGWQGMVDGWYGYHHSNEQGSGYAADKESTQKAIDGVTNKVNSIIDKMNTQFEAVGREFNNLERRIENLNKKMEDGFLDVWTYNAELLVLMENERTLDFHDSNVKNLYDKVRLQLRDNAKELGNGCFEFYHRCDNECMESVRNGTYDYPQYSEEARLKREEISGVKLESIGTYQSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLGLDSTGHHHHHH A/Common magpie/Hong Kong/5052/07 - H5N1 (SEQ ID NO: 737)DHICIGYHANNSTEQVDTIMEKNVTVTHAQDILEKTHNGKLCDLNGVKPLILKDCSVAGWLLGNPMCDEFINVPEWSYIVEKANPANDLCYPGNFNDYEELKHLLSRINHFEKIQIIPKDSWSDHEASLGVSSACPYQGNSSFFRNVVWLIKKGNAYPTIKKSYNNTNQEDLLVLWGIHHPNDEAEQTRLYQNPTTYISIGTSTLNQRLVPKIATRSKVNGQSGRIDFFWTILKPNDAINFESNGNFIAPEYAYKIVKKGDSTIMKSEVEYGNCNTRCQTPMGAINSSMPFHNIHPLTIGECPKYVKSNKLVLATGLRNSPQRERRRKRGLFGAIAGFIEGGWQGMVDGWYGYHHSNEQGSGYAADKESTQKAIDGVTNKVNSIIDKMNTQFEAVGREFNNLERRIENLNKKMEDGFLDVWTYNAELLVLMENERTLDFHDSNVKNLYDKVRLQLRDNAKELGNGCFEFYHKCDNECMESVRNGTYDYPQYSEEARLKREEISGVKLESIGTYQSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLGLDSTGHHHHHH A/Anhui/1/05 - H5N1 (SEQ ID NO: 738)DQICIGYHANNSTEQVDTIMEKNVTVTHAQDILEKTHNGKLCDLDGVKPLILRDCSVAGWLLGNPMCDEFINVPEWSYIVEKANPANDLCYPGNFNDYEELKHLLSRINHFEKIQIIPKSSWSDHEASSGVSSACPYQGTPSFFRNVVWLIKKNNTYPTIKRSYNNTNQEDLLILWGIHHSNDAAEQTKLYQNPTTYISVGTSTLNQRLVPKIATRSKVNGQSGRMDFFWTILKPNDAINFESNGNFIAPEYAYKIVKKGDSAIVKSEVEYGNCNTKCQTPIGAINSSMPFHNIHPLTIGECPKYVKSNKLVLATGLRNSPLRERRRKRGLFGAIAGFIEGGWQGMVDGWYGYHHSNEQGSGYAADKESTQKAIDGVTNKVNSIIDKMNTQFEAVGREFNNLERRIENLNKKMEDGFLDVWTYNAELLVLMENERTLDFHDSNVKNLYDKVRLQLRDNAKELGNGCFEFYHKCDNECMESVRNGTYDYPQYSEEARLKREEISGVKLESIGTYQSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLG LDSTGHHHHHHA/chicken/Vietnam/NCVD-016/08 - H5N1 (SEQ ID NO: 739)DQICIGYHANNSTEQVDTIMEKNVTVTHAQDILEKTHNGKLCNLDGVKPLILKDCSVAGWLLGNPMCDEFLNVSEWSYIVEKASPANGLCYPGDFNDYEELKHLLSRINHLKKIKIIPKSYWSNHEASSGVSAACSYLGEPSFFRNVVWLIKKNNTYPPIKVNYTNTNQEDLLVLWGIHHPNDEKEQIRIYQNPNTSISVGTSTLNQRLVPKIATRPKVNGQSGRMEFFWTILKPNDSINFDSNGNFIAPEYAYKIAKKGDSVIMKSELEYGNCNTKCQTPMGAINSSMPFHNIHPLTIGECPKYVKSNRLVLATGLRNAPQTETRGLFGAIAGFIEGGWQGMVDGWYGYHHSNEQGSGYAADKESTQKAIDGITNKVNSIIDKMNTQFEIVGREFNNLERRIENLNKKMEDGFLDVWTYNAELLVLMENERTLDFHDSNVKNLYEKVRLQLRDNAKELGNGCFEFYHKCDNECMESVRNGTYDYPQYSEEARLSREEISGVKMESMVTYQSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLGLD STGHHHHHHA/northern shoveler/California/HKWF115/2007 - H6N1 (SEQ ID NO: 740)DKICIGYHANNSTTQVDTILEKNVTVTHSVELLENQKEERFCKILNKAPLDLRGCTIEGWILGNPQCDLLLGDQSWSYIVERPTAQNGICYPGALNEVEELKALIGSGERVERFEMFPKSTWTGVDTSSGVTKACPYNSGSSFYRNLLWIIKTKSAAYPVIKGTYNNTGSQPILYFWGVHHPPDTNEQNTLYGSGDRYVRMGTESMNFAKSPEIAARPAVNGQRGRIDYYWSVLKPGETLNVESNGNLIAPWYAYKFVSTNNKGAIFKSNLPIENCDATCQTIAGVLRTNKTFQNVSPLWIGECPKYVKSESLRLATGLRNVPQIETRGLFGAIAGFIEGGWTGMIDGWYGYHHENSQGSGYAADKESTQKAIDGITNKVNSIIDKMNTQFEAVDHEFSNLERRIDNLNKRMEDGFLDVWTYNAELLVLLENERTLDLHDANVKNLYEKVKSQLRDNANDLGNGCFEFWHKCDNECIESVKNGTYDYPKYQDESKLNRQEIESVKLDNLGVYQSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLG LDSTGHHHHHHA/Netherlands/219/03 - H7N7 (SEQ ID NO: 741)DKICLGHHAVSNGTKVNTLTERGVEVVNATETVERTNVPRICSKGKRTVDLGQCGLLGTITGPPQCDQFLEFSADLIIERREGSDVCYPGKFVNEEALRQILRESGGIDKETMGFTYSGIRTNGTTSACRRSGSSFYAEMKWLLSNTDNAAFPQMTKSYKNTRKDPALIIWGIHHSGSTTEQTKLYGSGNKLITVGSSNYQQSFVPSPGARPQVNGQSGRIDFHWLILNPNDTVTFSFNGAFIAPDRASFLRGKSMGIQSEVQVDANCEGDCYHSGGTIISNLPFQNINSRAVGKCPRYVKQESLLLATGMKNVPEIPKRRRRGLFGAIAGFIENGWEGLIDGWYGFRHQNAQGEGTAADYKSTQSAIDQITGKLNRLIEKTNQQFELIDNEFTEVERQIGNVINWTRDSMTEVWSYNAELLVAMENQHTIDLADSEMNKLYERVKRQLRENAEEDGTGCFEIFHKCDDDCMASIRNNTYDHSKYREEAIQNRIQIDPVKLSSGYKDSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLGLDSTGHH HHHH H8N4 -A/duck/Yangzhou/02/2005 (SEQ ID NO: 742)DRICIGYQSNNSTDTVNTLIEQKVPVTQTMELVETEKHPAYCNTDLGAPLELRDCKIEAVIYGNPKCDIHLKDQGWSYIVERPSAPEGMCYPGSVENLEELRFVFSSAASYKRIRLFDYSRWNVTSSGTSKACNASTGGQSFYRSINWLTKKKPDTYDFNEGTYVNNEDGDIIFLWGIHHPPDTKEQTTLYKNANTLSSVTTNTINRSFQPNIGPRPLVRGQQGRMDYYWGILKRGETLKIRTNGNLIAPEFGYLLKGESHGRTIQNEDIPIGNCYTKCQTYAGAINSSKPFQNASRHYMGECPKYVKKASLRLAVGLRNTPSVEPRGLFGAIAGFIEGGWSGMIDGWYGFHHSNSEGTGMAADQKSTQEAIDKITNKVNNIVDKMNREFEVVNHEFSEVEKRINMINDKIDDQIEDLWAYNAELLVLLENQKTLDEHDSNVKNLFDEVKRRLSANAIDAGNGCFDILHKCDNECMETIKNGTYDHKEYEEEAKLERSKINGVKLEENTTYKSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLGLDST GHHHHHHA/Hong Kong/2108/03 - H9N2 (SEQ ID NO: 743)DKICIGYQSTNSTETVDTLTKTNVPVTQAKELLHTEHNGMLCATNLGHPLILDTCTIEGLIYGNPSCDLLLGGREWSYIVERPSAVNGMCYPGNVENLEELRLLFSSASSYQRVQIFPDTIWNVTYSGTSSACSNSFYRSMRWLTQKDNTYPVQDAQYTNNRGKSILFMWGINHPPTDTVQTNLYTRTDTTTSVTTEDINRAFKPVIGPRPLVNGLQGRIDYYWSVLKPGQTLRVRSNGNLIAPWYGHILSGESHGRILKSDLNSGNCVVQCQTERGGLNTTLPFHNVSKYAFGNCPKYVGVKSLKLAVGMRNVPARSSRGLFGAIAGFIEGGWPGLVAGWYGFQHSNDQGVGMAADRDSTQKAIDKITSKVNNIVDKMNKQYEIIDHEFSEIETRLNMINNKIDDQIQDIWAYNAELLVLLENQKTLDEHDANVNNLYNKVKRALGSNAMEDGKGCFELYHKCDDRCMETIRNGTYNRGKYKEESRLERQKIEGVKLESEGTYKSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLGLDSTGHH HHHH A/HongKong/1073/99 - H9N2 (SEQ ID NO: 744)METISLITILLVVTASNADKICIGHQSTNSTETVDTLTETNVPVTHAKELLHTEHNGMLCATSLGHPLILDTCTIEGLVYGNPSCDLLLGGREWSYIVERSSAVNGTCYPGNVENLEELRTLFSSASSYQRIQIFPDTTWNVTYTGTSRACSGSFYRSMRWLTQKSGFYPVQDAQYTNNRGKSILFVWGIHHPPTYTEQTNLYIRNDTTTSVTTEDLNRTFKPVIGPRPLVNGLQGRIDYYWSVLKPGQTLRVRSNGNLIAPWYGHVLSGGSHGRILKTDLKGGNCVVQCQTEKGGLNSTLPFHNISKYAFGTCPKYVRVNSLKLAVGLRNVPARSSRGLFGAIAGFIEGGWPGLVAGWYGFQHSNDQGVGMAADRDSTQKAIDKITSKVNNIVDKMNKQYEIIDHEFSEVETRLNMINNKIDDQIQDVWAYNAELLVLLENQKTLDEHDANVNNLYNKVKRALGSNAMEDGKGCFELYHKCDDQCMETIRNGTYNRRKYREESRLERQKIEGVKLESEGTYKSGRLVPRGSPGSGYIPEAPRDGQAYVRKDGEWVLLSTFLGKPIPNPLLGLDSTGHHHHHH

The recombinant and soluble HA expression constructs of SEQ ID NO:727-744 were transfected into 293 HEK cells. Recombinant HA0 protein orHA cleaved into its respective subunits HA1 and HA2 and disulphidelinked was purified from culture supernatant by standard proceduresusing the hexa-HIS tag at the C-terminal. The purified protein wasanalyzed by size exclusion chromatography and/or denaturing coomasie gelto confirm a recombinant protein of the expected size was present.

Example 14 Screening of Antibodies in Peripheral Blood

One hundred and twenty-six individual serum or plasma samples werescreened for the presence of IgG antibody that bound to recombinantsoluble homotrimeric HA proteins (Table 9) using a micro-array scanningsystem, bind to whole inactivated Influenza A virions (Table 10) usingstandard ELISA techniques, and inhibits or neutralizes virus infectionof MDCK cells with Influenza A H1N1 A/Solomon Islands/3/06 or H3N2A/Wisconsin/67/05. A portion of the plasma samples contained IgGantibodies that bound specifically to the recombinant soluble HAhomotrimeric protein, bound to inactivated virions, and neutralizedvirus infectivity. This indicates that the antibodies could be bindinglinear or discontinuous epitopes in the HA homotrimer, as well asbinding to conformational determinants of multiple variants of the HAhomotrimer. Soluble targets include, but are not limited to, exemplaryrecombinant HA proteins derived from the influenza virus strains listedin Table 2 and the inactivated virus strains listed in Table 11.

TABLE 11 Inactivated whole virions used in ELISA binding assays.Influenza A Subtype Strain designation H1N1 A/Solomon Islands/3/06 H2N2A/Japan/305/57 H3N2 A/Wisconsin/67/05

Example 15 Identification and Rescue of HA-Specific Antibodies

IgG+ memory B cells purified from a human blood sample were cultured for9 days in order to activate, proliferate, and differentiate these memoryB cells into IgG secreting plasma cells. The B cell culture mediacontaining the IgG was screened for the presence of IgG antibody thatbound to recombinant soluble homotrimeric HA proteins (Table 9) using amicro-array scanning system, bind to whole Influenza A virus (Table 10)using standard ELISA techniques, and inhibits or neutralizes virusinfection of MDCK cells with Influenza A H1N1 A/Solomon Islands/3/06 orH3N2 A/Wisconsin/67/05. As shown in Tables 12, 13, and 14, thirty-nineBCC wells were identified that contained an IgG antibody with severalvirus, HA, or neutralizing profiles and the variable regions of theantibody were then cloned from the corresponding B cell cultures.

Transient transfections with monoclonal heavy and light chain pairs fromeach BCC well were performed in 293 6E cells to reconstitute and producethe antibody. Reconstituted antibody supernatants were then screened forIgG that binds to recombinant soluble homotrimeric HA proteins (Table 9)using a micro-array scanning system, bind to whole Influenza A virus(Table 11) using standard ELISA techniques, and inhibits or neutralizesvirus infection of MDCK cells with Influenza A H1N1 A/SolomonIslands/3/06, and/or H1N1 A/California/04/09, and/or H3N2A/Wisconsin/67/05 to identify the rescued anti-HA antibody. Binding andneutralization of the human IgG antibodies to the preceding targets iscompared to the binding of the proprietary positive control antibodyTCN-032 (specific for the N-terminal of the matrix 2 protein ofinfluenza A, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/795,618) or to thebinding of the broadly HA specific, non-neutralizing mAb TCN-504 (alsoknown as 3251K17, and described herein), and the proprietary negativecontrol antibody TCN-202 (specific for the AD2 site I epitope on humancytomegalovirus gB) to these same targets.

The sequences of the rescued antibodies are determined. In addition, thesequence of each of the polynucleotides encoding the antibody sequencesis determined.

Example 16 Binding Profiles of IgG in B Cell Culture Supernatant orMonoclonal Transfection Supernatant Using Inactivated Whole Influenza AVirions

To determine whether the human mAbs in BCC SN or monoclonal transfectionsupernatantbind to purified virus, Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assays(ELISAs) were performed according to the following methods. Briefly,various purified Influenza A virus subtype strains were coated directlyonto an ELISA plate. A single dilution of BCC supernatant of the mAbsshown in Table 12 or of the monoclonal transfection supernatant shown inTable 15 and various dilutions of a positive control antibody (TCN-032)were then added to the virus coated wells. Unbound antibody was washedaway and the bound antibody was detected with an anti-human antibodyconjugated to HRP. The presence of anti-influenza antibodies wasdetected when the chromogen (TMB) is oxidized by the HRP conjugate,resulting in a bluecolor. The reaction is stopped by the addition ofHCl, turning antibody positive wells yellow. The yellow color has amaximal absorbance at 450 nm.

Methods:

-   -   Coat Microlon™ plates with 25 ul/well of 3 ug/ml inactivated        influenza A virions    -   Incubate plates overnight at 4° C.    -   Remove plates from 4° C. and wash four times with phosphate        buffered saline with Calicum and Magnesium (PBS w/Ca²⁺′Mg²⁺),        using EL405× (Wash program: ELISA_(—)4×_wash).    -   Add 20 ul/well of 1% milk/PBS to plates.    -   Prepare control mAb curves by 1:3 dilutions of 6 ug/ml    -   5 ul of each BCC SN or monoclonal transient transfection        supernatant and control mAb curves are stamped onto the plate        according to the plate map.    -   Incubate 2 hour (hr) at room temperature (RT).    -   Wash plates four times with PBS w/Ca²⁺′ Mg²⁺, using EL405× (Wash        program: ELISA_(—)4×_wash)    -   Add 25 ul/well of polyclonal antibody (pAb) goat anti-human        (αHuman) IgG Fc horseradish peroxidase (HRP) at a dilution of        1:5000.    -   Incubate 1 hr at RT.    -   Wash plates four times with PBS w/Ca²⁺′Mg²⁺, using EL405× (Wash        program: ELISA_(—)4×_wash)    -   Add 25 ul/well of Ultra-TMB (3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine) at        Neat.    -   Develop 30 minutes (min) at RT.    -   Stop by adding 25 ul/well of hydrochloric acid (HCl) at a        concentration of 0.3M.    -   Read the plate at 450 nm with the Spectromax.

One or more of the following control antibodies were used in theseexperiments: TCN-504 (also known as 3251_K17, and described herein)TCN-032 (also known as 8I10, specific for the influenza A M2 protein),and TCN-202 (also known as 2N9, specific for the AD2 site I epitope onhuman cytomegalovirus gB) protein.

The following purified viruses were used in these experiments: A/SolomonIslands/3/2006(H1N1) (SEQ ID NO: 728), A/Japan/305/1957(H2N2) (SEQ IDNO: 729), A/Wisconsin/67/2005(H3N2) (SEQ ID NO: 730). As shown in Table15 the human monoclonal antibodies in the transient transfectionsupernatant bind strongly to one or more of the H1N1, H2N2, and/or H3N2viruses reproducing the virus binding profile of the IgG antibody in theoriginal BCC SN (Table 12).

Example 17 Binding Profiles of IgG in in B Cell Culture Supernatant orMonoclonal Transfection Supernatant Using Trimeric HA

To determine whether the human mAbs in BCC SN or monoclonal transfectionsupernatant bind to one or more of the recombinant homotrimeric HAproteins, a micro-array scanning system was used according to thefollowing methods. Twenty Nexterion P (Schott) glass slides areincubated overnight in a humid chamber with 3 mg/ml goat anti-human,Fc-specific antibody. Nexterion P slides contain a hydrogel thatterminates in an NHS ester reactive group that binds the captureantibody. The reaction is then quenched using 50 mM ethanolamine in 50mM NaBorate (pH 8.0) buffer for 1 hour with agitation followed by 3washes with ultrapure water. Transfection supernatants are transferredto 384-well array source plates. Control array source plates are made in8-point, 3-fold serial dilutions of antibody starting at 3 ug/ml andending 0 ug/ml in BCC or mock transfection media. Both BCC ortransfection supernatant array source plates and control plates areloaded onto an Aushon 2470 microarray printer along with the 20 preparedslides.

Microarrays are printed in 48 subarray blocks with variable number offeatures and replicates depending on number of transfection supernatantsare being printed. Printed microarrays are allowed to sit for at least 1hour after printing (to overnight) in the printer's humidity controlledchamber (80%). They are then quickly removed from the printer, washed,and spun dry to prepare the slides for sample incubations. A LifterSlipis placed on each slide and 90 uls of sample is added to each. Eachslide receives either one of 18 V5-tagged HA trimerics at predeterminedconcentrations, a horseradish peroxidase goat anti-human H+L specificantibody at a 1 ug/ml, or a blank for a total of 20 slides. The slidesare then incubated overnight in a humid chamber at room temperature.After washing, spin drying, and new LifterSlip application, 19 slides,excluding slide incubated with anti-human IgG, are incubated withanti-V5 conjugated to biotin at a 1:1000 dilution for 1 hour.Subsequently the slides are again washed, dried and prepared for an1-hour incubation with a 1:300 dilution of NeutrAvidin-HRP. Afterfurther washing, drying and preparation all 20 slides are incubated for1 hour with a Tyramide-AlexaFluor reagent according to kit instructions.After final washing and drying the slides are scanned on an Axon Genepix4300A at an excitation wavelength of 594 nm and with an emission bandranging from 619 nm to 641 nm. Data is recovered using the Axon Genepixsoftware and is then analyzed for binding profiles.

Methods:

-   1. Dilute goat anti-human, FC -specific antibody (Jacksonlmmuno, 10    mg/ml) to 3 mg/ml in PBS 0.05&Tween and apply to 20 Nexterion P    Slides (Schott) using 90 uls under lifterslips (Thermo).-   2. Incubate in a humid chamber overnight at room temperature-   3. Removing the lifterslip quench all slides in 50 mM ethanolamine    (Fisher)) in 50 mM Sodium tetraborate decahydrate (Fisher, S248-500)    at a pH of 8.0-   4. Quench for 1 hour with incubation at room temperature-   5. Wash all slides (3×2 min MilliQ water washes with agitation).-   6. Load all slides onto Aushon 2470 MicroArray printer.-   7. Prepare control plates using by spiking control antibodies into    transfection media to form an 8 point 3-fold serial dilution    starting at 3 ug/ml and ending in 0 ug/ml. Transfer control    dilutions to 4 array source plates (Thermo).-   8. Load all array source plates, control and sample, onto Aushon    2470 microarray printer and begin deposition after checking all    required fluid levels. Number of replicates is based on number of    transfection supernatants being printed. Typically 1 to 10    replicates.-   9. Allow slides to sit for at least an hour, to overnight, after    deposition.-   10. Immediately wash (PBS with 2% tween 20, 5 min; MilliQ water, 2    min, 3×) and spin dry (2000 RPM for 1 minute)-   11. Using lifterslips and apply 90 uls of HA at the following    concentration:

Homotrimeric HA - strain [ug/ml] A/California/4/09 - H1N1 5 A/SolomonIslands/3/06 - H1N1 5 A/Japan/305/57 - H2N2 5 A/Wisconsin/67/05 - H3N220 A/swine/Ontario/01911-2/99 - H4N6 5 A/Vietnam/1203/04 - H5N1 20A/Indonesia/5/05 - H5N1 0.5 A/Egypt/3300-NAMRU3/08 - H5N1 0.5 A/Commonmagpie/Hong Kong/5052/07 - H5N1 0.5 A/Anhui/1/05 - H5N1 0.5A/chicken/Vietnam/NCVD-016/08 - H5N1. 0.5 A/northernshoveler/California/HKWF115/2007 - H6N1 0.5 A/Netherlands/219/03 - H7N70.5 A/duck/Yangzhou/02/2005 - H8N4 5 A/Hong Kong/2108/03 - H9N2 5A/South Carolina/1/18 - H1N1 20 A/Hong Kong/1073/99 20 A/HongKong/156/97 - H5N1 5

Use 1× PBS, 0.05% Tween 20, 10% Blocker Casein (Thermo, #37528) to bringthe homotrimeric HA to the desired concentration.

-   12. Incubate overnight in a humid chamber at room temperature-   13. Immediately wash (PBS with 2% tween 20, 5 min; MilliQ water, 2    min, 3×) and spin dry (2000 RPM for 1 minute)-   14. Using lifterslips incubate all but slide previously incubated    with anti-human IgG(H&L)-HRP with 90 uls of anti-V5-biotin (AbD    Serotec, MCA1360B) at 1 ug/ml in 1× PBS 0.05% Tween 20 for 1 hour at    room temperature in a humid chamber.-   15. Immediately wash (PBS with 2% tween 20, 5 min; MilliQ water, 2    min, 3×) and spin dry (2000 RPM for 1 minute)-   16. Using lifterslips incubate with 90 uls of horseradish peroxidase    conjugated NeutrAvidin (Pierce #31030) for 1 hour at room    temperature in a humid chamber.-   17. Immediately wash (PBS with 2% tween 20, 5 min; MilliQ water, 2    min, 3×) and spin dry (2000 RPM for 1 minute)-   18. Prepare Tyramide Signal Amplification reagent according to kit    instructions (TSA Kit #25, Invitrogen, T20935). Briefly dilute 1 ul    of hydrogen peroxide solution into 200 uls of amplification buffer.    Take 20 uls of hydrogen peroxide/amplification buffer solution and    add to 1940 uls of fresh amplification buffer. Then add 40 uls of    tyramide-Alexa Fluor resulting in a total of 2 mls of amplification    reagent-   19. Incubate all 20 slides with amplification reagent for 1 hour at    room temperature in a humid chamber.-   20. Immediately wash (PBS with 2% tween 20, 5 min; MilliQ water, 2    min, 3×) and spin dry (2000 RPM for 1 minute)-   21. Scan all slides on an Axon Genepix 4300A at an excitation    wavelength of 594 nm and with an emission band ranging from 619 nm    to 641 nm or optical scanner with similar capabilities.-   22. Lay templates on each slide using GenePix Pro 7 or similar    software to recover feature data.-   23. Analyze feature data for binding profiles to each HA trimeric.

As shown in Table 16, the human monoclonal antibodies in the transienttransfection supernatant bind strongly to one or more of the recombinanthomotrimeric HA proteins reproducing the virus binding profile of theIgG antibody in the original BCC SN (Table 12).

Example 18 Neutralization Profiles of IgG in in B Cell CultureSupernatant or Monoclonal Transfection Supernatant

MDCK cells were plated at 3×10³ cells/well in a 384-well plate incomplete DMEM media (supplemented with 10% FBS, 1×penicillin/streptomycin, 1× Glutamax™, and 1× Sodium Pyruvate) andincubated at 37° C. overnight.

Influenza A virus was preincubated with either BCC supernatant ormonoclonal transfection supernatant or a positive control neutralizingmonoclonal antibody (MAb), which was diluted in pooled BCC supernatantor in mock transfection supernatant at the desired concentrations andincubated overnight (˜16 hours) at 37° C. Void volumes and dilutionswere made in PBS with Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, 200 mM Mannose, and 1% BSA at 37° C.with a total volume of 30 μl/well.

Each sample well contained:

(a) 20 μl/well BCC supernatant; or

(b) 20 ul/well of monoclonal transfection

(c) 3000 IU/well A/Solomon Islands/03/2006 (H1N1) in 10 μl/well; or

(e) 3000 IU/well A/California/04/2009 (H1N1) in 10 μl/well; or

(f) 3000 IU/well A/Wisconsin/67/05 (H3N2) in 10 ul/well

Prior to infection, the MDCK cells were washed once with a solutioncontaining PBS, Mg²⁺, and Ca²⁺ at 60 μl/well. After the wash, 25 ul ofthe virus/mAb mixture was transferred and the infection proceeded for 4hours at 37° C.

After 4 hours of infection, the MDCK cells are washed twice withcomplete DMEM. After the last wash, 25 μl/well of complete DMEMremained, and the plates were incubated overnight at 37° C.

After the overnight incubation the culture media was removed and 20 μlof BD Cytofix/Cytoperm™ (cat #51-2090KZ) was added to each well andincubated at room temperature (RT) for 30 minutes. Next, the wells werewashed three times using the M384 Atlas plate washer.

After the final wash, 15 μl/well of 100 μg/ml Rabbit IgG (Sigma) in PBSwith Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, and 1% BSA, was added and incubated for at least 5minutes at RT. Twenty μl/well of anti-M2e mAb TCN-032 at 2 μg/ml in PBSwith Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, and 1% BSA, were added to each well and incubated forat least 30 mins at room temperature. The wells are washed one timeusing the Atlas plate washer with PBS with Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺ Twenty μl/well of2 μg/ml Alexa Fluor® 647 anti-Human IgG H+L (Invitrogen™) and 20 μg/mlHoechst 33342 (Invitrogen™) was added and incubated in the dark for 45mins at room temperature. Wells were washed three timesusing the Atlasplate washer with PBS with Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺. Twenty microliters of PBS withMg²⁺, Ca²⁺, and 1% BSA was added to each well, and plates were sealedwith black sealing tape. Plates were analyzed by scanning using an 1NCell analyzer. Specifically, the scan was performed using the 1N CellDeveloper Software, Protocol “384 GG Hoechst AF647 4×.” Analysis of thescan was performed using the Developer Tool Box software, Protocol“Cellular Binding Nuclei GG Density 4.”

The assay was able to detect well supernatants that individuallyneutralized the Influenza A infection. If an arbitrary cutoff wasestablished at ≦150 nucleoprotein (NP)+ cells and the wells with adisrupted cell monolayer were subtracted, a total of 122 wells scored aspositive.

Exemplary influenza neutralizing antibodies that were identified usingthis method are TCN-522 (3212_I12), TCN-521 (3280_D18), TCN-523(5248_A17), TCN-563 (5237_B21), TCN-526 (5084_C17), TCN-527 (5086_C06),TCN-528 (5087_P17), TCN-529 (5297_H01), TCN-530 (5248_H10a), TCN-531(5091_H13), TCN-532 (5262_H18), TCN-533 (5256_A17), TCN-534 (5249_B02),TCN-535 (5246_P19), TCN-536 (5095_N01), TCN-537 (3194_D21), TCN-538(3206_O17), TCN-539 (5056_A08), TCN-540 (5060_F05), TCN-541 (5062_M11),TCN-542 (5079_A16), TCN-543 (5081_G23), TCN-544 (5082_A19), TCN-545(5082_I15), TCN-546 (5089_L08), TCN-547 (5092_F11), TCN-548 (5092_P01),TCN-549 (5092_P04), TCN-550 (5096_F06), TCN-551 (5243_DO1), TCN-552(5249_I23), TCN-553 (5261_C18), TCN-554 (5277_M05), TCN-555 (5246_L16),TCN-556 (5089_K12), TCN-557 (5081_A04), TCN-558 (5248_H10b), TCN-559(5097_G08), TCN-560 (5084_P10), and TCN-504 (3251_K17). The individualneutralization activities of some of these antibodies are provided inTable 17.

Several antibodies were identified that may be non-neutralizing,including, TCN-504 (3251_K17), TCN-556 (5089_K12), TCN-557 (5081_A04),TCN-559 (5097_G08), and TCN-560 (5084_P10). These antibodies, similar tothe neutralizing antibodies of the invention, bind to a broad range ofHA proteins, including sequence and conformational variants. In certainembodiments of the invention, non-neutralizing antibodies, includingTCN-504 (3251_K17), TCN-556 (5089_K12), TCN-557 (5081_A04), TCN-559(5097_G08), and TCN-560 (5084_P10) may be used as antibody-drugconjugates.

TABLE 12 Summary of BCC SN screening by ELISA for virus binding. ELISA:Virus Binding (OD₄₅₀) A/Solomon A/Japan/ A/Wisconsin/ Theraclone BCCwell Islands/ 305/57 67/05 mAb ID ID 3/06 H1N1 H2N2 H3N2 TCN-5213280_D18 3.70 3.10 1.10 TCN-522 3212_I12 2.12 ND 0.07 TCN-523 5248_A173.47 1.62 0.08 TCN-563 5237_B21 3.62 1.23 0.07 TCN-526 5084_C17 0.060.07 3.65 TCN-527 5086_C06 3.03 1.48 0.07 TCN-528 5087_P17 3.62 2.820.24 TCN-529 5297_H01 0.07 ND 3.62 TCN-530 5248_H10 3.52 1.73 0.06TCN-531 5091_H13 3.23 0.67 3.45 TCN-532 5262_H18 0.06 0.07 3.67 TCN-5335256_A17 3.54 1.10 0.10 TCN-534 5249_B02 3.55 2.56 0.07 TCN-535 5246_P193.43 1.46 0.08 TCN-536 5095_N01 3.63 0.08 3.66 TCN-537 3194_D21 3.24 ND0.06 TCN-538 3206_O17 3.47 ND 0.07 TCN-539 5056_A08 0.06 0.06 2.85TCN-540 5060_F05 0.07 3.62 3.65 TCN-541 5062_M11 3.44 0.06 0.25 TCN-5425079_A16 3.66 0.08 3.13 TCN-543 5081_G23 3.63 3.62 0.07 TCN-544 5082_A190.32 0.07 2.71 TCN-545 5082_I15 3.32 0.06 0.47 TCN-546 5089_L08 1.950.06 3.69 TCN-547 5092_F11 0.06 0.07 3.68 TCN-548 5092_P01 0.09 0.093.62 TCN-549 5092_P04 0.09 0.08 3.58 TCN-550 5096_F06 0.06 0.06 3.65TCN-551 5243_D01 3.35 0.19 0.07 TCN-552 5249_I23 3.57 0.71 0.06 TCN-5535261_C18 3.60 2.54 0.07 TCN-554 5277_M05 0.06 ND 1.09 TCN-555 5246_L162.89 0.60 0.06 TCN-556 5089_K12 2.70 2.41 0.06 TCN-557 5081_A04 2.322.70 0.07 TCN-559 5097_G08 3.68 1.25 0.70 TCN-560 5084_P10 3.63 2.070.07 TCN-202 2N9 ND ND ND TCN-504 3251_K17 ND ND ND TCN-032 8I10 3.613.61 3.62

TABLE 13 Summary of BCC SN screening for virus binding to recombinanthomotrimeric HA. Trimeric HA Binding: RLU A/ A/ A/ A/ swine/ Egypt/ A/Solomon South A/ A/ Ontario/ A/ A/ 3300- California/ Islands/ Carolina/Japan/ Wisconsin/ 01911-2/ Vietnam/ Indonesia/ NAMRU3/ Theraclone BCCwell 4/09 3/06 1/18 305/57 67/05 99 1203/ 5/05 08 mAb ID ID H1N1 H1N1H1N1 H2N2 H3N2 H4N6 04 H5N1 H5N1 H5N1 TCN-521 3280_D18 25726 39644 ND6732 2298 210 196 31473 47871 TCN-522 3212_I12 5019 38914 ND 989 302 156145 67 ND TCN-523 5248_A17 34721 37916 ND 5111 22568 1288 3383 4581536471 TCN-563 5237_B21 45157 30005 ND 6612 40848 4501 4836 39533 27514TCN-526 5084_C17 203 341 ND 246 49312 253 372 46027 ND TCN-527 5086_C0627991 16507 ND 19261 5715 7686 21264 23838 ND TCN-528 5087_P17 4884544804 ND 46393 48795 47500 45577 42801 ND TCN-529 5297_H01 434 179 ND435 51631 235 101 44085 53394 TCN-530 5248_H10 46600 32801 ND 4704936846 2743 7152 39774 30430 TCN-531 5091_H13 22207 51663 ND 410 7094 408357 37443 ND TCN-532 5262_H18 135 327 ND 176 18046 119 440 27992 24500TCN-533 5256_A17 29280 39186 ND 10806 13823 1582 5677 44063 34299TCN-534 5249_B02 30109 44185 ND 50626 7978 683 3435 46352 41381 TCN-5355246_P19 48576 39442 ND 26068 34320 5950 4740 45592 39412 TCN-5365095_N01 151 150 ND 121 34996 79 146 3969 ND TCN-537 3194_D21 2191844264 ND 44685 549 19 80 14858 38168 TCN-538 3206_O17 13808 33228 ND43002 6900 406 60 26421 23553 TCN-539 5056_A08 1803 239 ND 468 715 1579545 49 11420 TCN-540 5060_F05 57 64 ND 2969 728 178 63 31 1968 TCN-5415062_M11 34 51 ND 83 2923 102 43 30 1162 TCN-542 5079_A16 3108 132 ND142 1940 350 306 ND ND TCN-543 5081_G23 13080 511 ND 197 1358 428 488 NDND TCN-544 5082_A19 281 179 ND 187 2090 316 349 3052 ND TCN-545 5082_I15365 266 ND 157 575 289 235 ND ND TCN-546 5089_L08 350 256 ND 520 30209587 349 18432 ND TCN-547 5092_F11 170 155 ND 40 16932 252 308 6986 NDTCN-548 5092_P01 234 283 ND 416 48600 240 270 17626 ND TCN-549 5092_P04338 284 ND 387 30912 421 312 11445 ND TCN-550 5096_F06 454 204 ND 20126315 195 277 9100 ND TCN-551 5243_D01 53362 53821 ND 22633 6840 7334152 53543 47183 TCN-552 5249_I23 35312 39314 ND 23832 14769 493 272843559 39971 TCN-553 5261_C18 20281 16271 ND 25509 20043 2583 6560 2440618828 TCN-554 5277_M05 173 115 ND 328 46531 78 113 32348 36126 TCN-5555246_L16 44903 26404 ND 2131 9800 1953 876 34539 42676 TCN-556 5089_K1214640 2846 ND 5611 9323 5604 13823 8454 ND TCN-557 5081_A04 17603 40699ND 43367 10218 26967 47282 45165 ND TCN-559 5097_G08 539 7376 ND 163322402 1658 21670 18295 ND TCN-560 5084_P10 49166 38758 ND 46720 4907841599 43990 35864 ND TCN-202 2N9 39 46 ND 85 252 75 53 24 1275 TCN-5043251_K17 3326 24140 ND 4091 40516 14669 196 43259 44352 TCN-032 8I10 NDND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND Trimeric HA Binding: RLU A/ A/ common A/northern magpie/ chicken/ A/ shoveler/ A/ A/ A/ Hong A/ Vietnam/ HongCalifornia/ A/ duck/ Hong Hong Kong/ Anhui/1/ NCVD- Kong/ HKWF115/Netherlands/ Yangzhou/ Kong/ Kong/ Theraclone 5052/07 05 016/08 156/9707 219/03 02/05 2108/03 1073/99 mAb ID H5N1 H5N1 H5N1 H5N1 H6N4 H7N7H8N4 H9N2 H9N2 TCN-521 13528 487 32390 ND 47991 2496 11659 93 ND TCN-522ND ND ND ND ND ND 502 639 ND TCN-523 45837 5705 48880 ND 46908 233628949 189 ND TCN-563 27500 9581 40953 ND 27328 7515 46729 225 ND TCN-526ND 20916 179 ND 2100 1338 596 36629 ND TCN-527 ND 21369 27047 ND 303238892 28803 15956 ND TCN-528 ND 49772 38191 ND 46781 49251 38362 41966 NDTCN-529 302 39376 410 ND 533 1165 771 42271 ND TCN-530 42460 11874 48341ND 45339 2896 41661 486 ND TCN-531 ND 3606 20840 ND 43874 1969 3117 745ND TCN-532 134 25219 46 ND 511 327 785 29816 ND TCN-533 44511 8065 47704ND 41449 2473 24745 172 ND TCN-534 32514 6861 56642 ND 52429 4340 46537165 ND TCN-535 45937 6875 49961 ND 48192 4757 36650 861 ND TCN-536 ND543 287 ND 2210 976 436 1566 ND TCN-537 18702 335 8617 ND 5206 1052 7826147 ND TCN-538 18746 689 37312 ND 17448 6531 6123 109 ND TCN-539 3957 91100 ND 814 1698 1488 292 ND TCN-540 113 25 70 ND 131 381 117 22 NDTCN-541 71 17 40 ND 106 381 131 29 ND TCN-542 ND ND 375 ND 900 909 3321907 TCN-543 ND 325 347 ND 2128 661 737 131 TCN-544 ND ND 272 ND 16901618 464 296 TCN-545 ND ND 392 ND 1167 1182 656 227 TCN-546 ND 2037 421ND 1354 1451 487 12983 TCN-547 ND 1476 198 ND 1005 401 278 3986 TCN-548ND 5381 254 ND 314 758 184 3424 TCN-549 ND 1793 498 ND 1103 1134 8445037 TCN-550 ND 1206 361 ND 964 939 407 2279 TCN-551 45688 4187 42301 ND52491 786 9817 224 TCN-552 42201 4156 46249 ND 38413 1241 13115 171TCN-553 25979 12610 24158 ND 21732 1838 27998 273 TCN-554 224 10851 250ND 296 610 583 28594 TCN-555 16060 1497 22302 ND 49507 3399 18390 262TCN-556 ND 3703 8800 ND 11890 10606 16910 7413 TCN-557 ND 46033 45545 ND24375 6779 50106 35309 TCN-559 ND 11888 12935 ND 7233 1983 10385 2791TCN-560 ND 49133 45969 ND 42303 48519 44696 49385 TCN-202 162 25 69 ND105 348 196 50 TCN-504 17038 26175 38456 ND 7869 47190 14137 454 TCN-032ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND

TABLE 14 Summary of BCC SN screening for virus neutralization. %Neutralization A/Solomon Islands/ A/Wisconsin/ Theraclone BCC well 3/0667/05 mAb ID ID H1N1 H3N2 TCN-522 3212_I12 33 0 TCN-521 3280_D18 99 NDTCN-523 5248_A17 69 21 TCN-563 5237_B21 78 1 TCN-526 5084_C17 0 100TCN-527 5086_C06 12 0 TCN-528 5087_P17 0 15 TCN-529 5297_H01 0 99TCN-530 5248_H10 64 4 TCN-531 5091_H13 65 80 TCN-532 5262_H18 11 99TCN-533 5256_A17 56 0 TCN-534 5249_B02 86 0 TCN-535 5246_P19 82 1TCN-536 5095_N01 75 100 TCN-537 3194_D21 89 5 TCN-538 3206_O17 35 0TCN-539 5056_A08 97 62 TCN-540 5060_F05 100 75 TCN-541 5062_M11 89 99TCN-542 5079_A16 98 51 TCN-543 5081_G23 100 55 TCN-544 5082_A19 95 62TCN-545 5082_I15 98 72 TCN-546 5089_L08 0 100 TCN-547 5092_F11 0 100TCN-548 5092_P01 0 97 TCN-549 5092_P04 0 99 TCN-550 5096_F06 0 100TCN-551 5243_D01 100 19 TCN-552 5249_I23 57 0 TCN-553 5261_C18 87 0TCN-554 5277_M05 42 100 TCN-555 5246_L16 48 ND TCN-556 5089_K12 0 4TCN-557 5081_A04 0 2 TCN-559 5097_G08 82 ND TCN-560 5084_P10 94 NDTCN-202 2N9 ND ND TCN-504 3251_K17 ND ND TCN-032 8I10 ND ND

TABLE 15 Summary of monoclonal antibody transfection supernatantscreening by ELISA for virus binding. ELISA: Virus Binding (OD₄₅₀) A/Solomon A/ A/Wis- Islands/ Japan/ consin/ Theraclone 3/06 305/57 67/05mAb ID BCC well ID H1N1 H2N2 H3N2 Monoclonal TCN-523 5248_A17 3.59 1.690.09 transfection TCN-504 3251_K17 3.65 3.65 3.65 set 1 TCN-202 2N9 0.070.07 0.07 Monoclonal TCN-522 3212_I12 3.48 0.61 0.07 transfectionTCN-526 5084_C17 0.08 0.07 0.31 set 2 TCN-527 5086_C06 3.69 3.63 0.14TCN-528 5087_P17 3.66 3.64 0.23 TCN-563 5237_B21 3.60 0.84 0.09 TCN-5043251_K17 3.65 3.62 3.65 TCN-523 5248_A17 3.67 1.39 0.09 TCN-202 2N9 0.080.07 0.07 Monoclonal TCN-531 5091_H13 0.10 0.09 3.59 transfectionTCN-530 5248_H10 3.62 3.43 0.21 set 3 TCN-529 5297_H01 0.16 0.10 3.65TCN-533 5256_A17 3.61 3.65 0.22 TCN-532 5262_H18 0.13 0.08 3.43 TCN-5043251_K17 3.63 3.64 3.65 TCN-523 5248_A17 3.59 3.47 0.15 TCN-202 2N9 0.100.08 0.08 Monoclonal TCN-535 5246_P19 3.52 2.45 0.10 transfectionTCN-534 5249_B02 3.50 2.45 0.08 set 4 TCN-536 5095_N01 3.52 0.06 3.61TCN-504 3251_K17 3.52 3.51 3.59 TCN-523 5248_A17 3.43 1.73 0.09 TCN-2022N9 0.10 0.08 0.07 Monoclonal TCN-537 3194_D21 3.56 3.48 0.11transfection TCN-538 3206_O17 3.59 3.37 0.12 set 5 TCN-539 5056_A08 0.070.07 0.13 TCN-540 5060_F05 0.09 3.61 3.62 TCN-541 5062_M11 3.63 0.070.07 TCN-542 5079_A16 3.60 0.07 0.23 TCN-543 5081_G23 3.63 3.64 2.23TCN-544 5082_A19 0.07 0.07 3.65 TCN-545 5082_I15 1.36 0.10 3.62 TCN-5465089_L08 3.67 0.07 3.67 TCN-547 5092_F11 0.09 0.09 0.13 TCN-548 5092_P010.13 0.09 3.63 TCN-549 5092_P04 0.09 0.08 0.46 TCN-550 5096_F06 0.130.08 3.62 TCN-551 5243_D01 3.65 0.10 0.27 TCN-552 5249_I23 3.61 2.680.27 TCN-553 5261_C18 3.56 3.28 0.17 TCN-554 5277_M05 0.18 0.11 3.40TCN-555 5246_L16 3.57 2.10 0.13 TCN-556 5089_K12 3.64 3.64 0.34 TCN-5575081_A04 3.58 3.59 3.47 TCN-558 5248_H10 3.52 3.31 0.20 TCN-559 5097_G081.16 2.29 2.39 TCN-560 5084_P10 3.52 3.55 0.30 TCN-504 3251_K17 3.603.59 3.60 TCN-523 5248_A17 3.62 2.56 0.14 TCN-202 2N9 0.07 0.07 0.07

TABLE 16 Summary of monoclonal antibody transfection supernatantscreening for virus binding to recombinant homotrimeric HA. Trimeric HABinding: RLU A/ A/ A/ A/ Solomon South A/ A/ swine/ A/ A/ California/Islands/ Carolina/ Japan/305/ Wisconsin/ Ontario/ Vietnam/ Indonesia/Theraclone 4/09 3/06 1/18 57 67/05 01911-2/ 1203/04 5/05 mAb ID BCC wellID H1N1 H1N1 H1N1 H2N2 H3N2 99 H4N6 H5N1 H5N1 Monoclonal TCN-5235248_A17 17703 6785 26364 191 1646 49 80 18508 transfection set 1TCN-504 3251_K17 18286 29844 21541 15059 14311 26491 1300 16640 TCN-2022N9 20 67 32 27 27 29 37 57 Monoclonal TCN-522 3212_I12 37463 1728139613 11936 3346 1048 48169 50472 transfection set 2 TCN-526 5084_C173598 1468 2312 3592 27776 3487 9181 37831 TCN-527 5086_C06 21498 1968548062 20758 35796 30085 20600 23433 TCN-528 5087_P17 44586 26908 2522623083 46012 49173 23336 39704 TCN-563 5237_B21 21231 26475 17808 1119823686 2248 31549 47277 TCN-504 3251_K17 15621 31447 24695 22573 2161532496 14953 19717 TCN-523 5248_A17 18654 3270 25504 882 2062 82 2622724527 TCN-202 2N9 52 16 195 32 46 15 121 8 Monoclonal TCN-531 5091_H132830 194 1557 489 4159 296 2411 54 transfection set 3 TCN-530 5248_H1021176 13820 17166 5174 3048 123 25172 25546 TCN-529 5297_H01 735 43 15845 2939 45 415 1353 TCN-533 5256_A17 6877 15526 16417 18618 16132 18011677 28339 TCN-532 5262_H18 23601 59 311 441 9967 29 452 2786 TCN-5043251_K17 18614 32672 27617 35957 21437 34456 13284 18559 TCN-5235248_A17 19366 11014 23710 4554 8558 1640 22129 21973 TCN-202 2N9 205 57731 42 51 54 967 43 Monoclonal TCN-535 5246_P19 25157 836 22433 214914450 138 25244 18202 transfection set 4 TCN-534 5249_B02 27035 60 1183014745 897 264 23675 948 TCN-536 5095_N01 49 30 39 260 20576 168 182 80TCN-504 3251_K17 549 14625 21713 19576 20627 21792 25665 18154 TCN-5235248_A17 28847 371 22983 3845 9742 850 30898 24534 TCN-202 2N9 94 34 27334 125 157 67 19 Monoclonal TCN-537 3194_D21 33793 760 46788 16197 19353282 50280 2420 transfection set 5 TCN-538 3206_O17 15956 1965 8434 66242070 3354 52375 13748 TCN-539 5056_A08 1053 871 5330 2565 58831 651153254 8947 TCN-540 5060_F05 984 1176 1356 47894 52986 5419 42500 2569TCN-541 5062_M11 1557 2277 2583 5382 1238 4724 45517 2959 TCN-5425079_A16 667 48021 1116 5184 711 14340 29492 1761 TCN-543 5081_G23 233843523 28290 2775 37048 2866 33145 1826 TCN-544 5082_A19 706 997 13311003 38514 2391 38620 4400 TCN-545 5082_I15 818 951 900 1355 32037 293642906 5269 TCN-546 5089_L08 1085 1140 955 1730 28453 4609 47108 40866TCN-547 5092_F11 1474 1082 2016 1354 6968 1602 27666 12041 TCN-5485092_P01 818 750 1154 1016 34194 1624 23678 29142 TCN-549 5092_P04 622640 2340 1075 51626 1878 32265 8645 TCN-550 5096_F06 628 758 1014 73137809 1704 41900 9001 TCN-551 5243_D01 46133 43523 4344 25191 936 312041915 1289 TCN-552 5249_I23 23459 48559 37374 51986 18451 9084 1849443382 TCN-553 5261_C18 23323 49581 41300 39848 25248 12230 19214 31183TCN-554 5277_M05 4034 992 1261 2621 25329 5402 36582 44935 TCN-5555246_L16 20223 44571 48009 16743 14660 4522 19300 33927 TCN-556 5089_K1220865 23409 32732 22805 44715 19346 17421 15229 TCN-557 5081_A04 4441926960 44865 27282 46082 41525 21320 22246 TCN-558 5248_H10 20220 3610740709 34434 26611 10003 23527 24632 TCN-559 5097_G08 8079 41254 223346993 15279 35761 37607 51869 TCN-560 5084_P10 31134 22427 30462 2585555383 16751 19475 16971 TCN-504 3251_K17 17599 30086 31975 23254 3808854789 21485 18485 TCN-523 5248_A17 34415 37587 52010 22019 13690 169927819 55048 TCN-202 2N9 733 525 5331 1883 581 2692 30002 1973 TrimericHA Binding: RLU A/ A/ common A/ northern A/ magpie/ chicken/ A/shoveler/ A/ A/ A/ Egypt/ Hong Vietnam/ Hong California/ A/ duck/ HongHong 3300- Kong/ A/ NCVD- Kong/ HKWF115/ Netherlands/ Yangzhou/ Kong/Kong/ Theraclone NAMRU3/ 5052/07 Anhui/1/ 016/08 156/97 07 219/03 02/052108/03 1073/99 mAb ID 08 H5N1 H5N1 05 H5N1 H5N1 H5N1 H6N4 H7N7 H8N4H9N2 H9N2 Monoclonal TCN-523 25494 6235 60 10813 ND 9046 28 229 41 21719transfection TCN-504 16113 29696 29046 27765 ND 5791 23828 28934 7825703 set 1 TCN-202 76 21 20 14 ND 13 55 26 24 21 Monoclonal TCN-52255413 21393 2031 49343 ND 54364 2170 1646 203 11800 transfection TCN-52639894 1758 43991 3294 ND 3789 5659 4305 23267 490 set 2 TCN-527 2359543794 15238 20112 ND 19272 49149 17921 25527 557 TCN-528 36834 4525721207 22573 ND 28370 47229 19792 33621 322 TCN-563 23915 52783 156836304 ND 21901 5423 6275 364 49230 TCN-504 21365 16850 30975 27266 ND1277 19272 17751 23 25832 TCN-523 30672 7214 139 17590 ND 21214 407 38318 31283 TCN-202 18 11 9 22 ND 30 26 19 7 33 Monoclonal TCN-531 363 3776 44 ND 96 384 3220 158 370 transfection TCN-530 25523 5576 97 17979 ND23513 118 227 44 10219 set 3 TCN-529 1673 33 1258 33 ND 110 33 48 119746 TCN-533 18587 25210 301 24551 ND 7806 209 711 33 23808 TCN-532 282120 2402 29 ND 78 42 57 2767 48 TCN-504 17969 17814 29988 10261 ND 833519600 19647 36 27781 TCN-523 29080 640 546 18903 ND 29404 3144 2017 5124193 TCN-202 63 16 33 14 ND 73 247 66 30 57 Monoclonal TCN-535 25318477 24 20929 ND 18057 159 428 18 21197 transfection TCN-534 8314 127 2011352 ND 21287 361 79 27 731 set 4 TCN-536 97 27 18 19 ND 95 246 48 24115 TCN-504 24796 8675 14053 19176 ND 2609 6707 19872 7 18770 TCN-52333351 2131 48 23995 ND 25087 443 463 38 24575 TCN-202 40 21 13 42 ND 117173 77 22 81 Monoclonal TCN-537 33495 2068 2580 4476 10681 2376 365425529 transfection TCN-538 40969 3141 2745 2948 5167 8895 4374 4065 set5 TCN-539 24338 1436 3244 3496 1450 2862 15729 7281 TCN-540 15589 17992192 1514 1551 2461 4386 6078 TCN-541 23234 1936 2998 11039 1975 268413649 21203 TCN-542 14763 1674 7407 5458 786 2369 8049 11598 TCN-54317583 1070 2626 5877 1433 2512 12873 13130 TCN-544 19414 1116 3770 30691491 2915 4647 9444 TCN-545 26538 1388 4876 3230 1560 2319 3125 13197TCN-546 53039 1916 33344 2940 1243 2429 3743 11391 TCN-547 16784 8561238 1315 1955 2618 2089 3335 TCN-548 37002 813 15578 1059 1555 21042131 5735 TCN-549 18581 1340 4113 1601 1848 996 8475 9452 TCN-550 26791993 7680 1802 955 2305 3248 4713 TCN-551 17368 1123 2643 792 792 17644837 3097 TCN-552 21246 34619 9010 34451 36317 43861 7416 15937 TCN-55319470 39224 8548 34718 36337 32461 7532 12545 TCN-554 42395 1734 428052708 1441 3352 4522 5808 TCN-555 20001 33642 12236 35215 36302 2871712656 8544 TCN-556 16603 20140 13795 22676 24620 34817 43640 22400TCN-557 26351 54874 19980 23323 27061 49611 53747 24015 TCN-558 2186149655 9783 33423 47113 29396 5841 19531 TCN-559 47369 12900 41835 3385028953 6632 4852 42614 TCN-560 18730 30485 18628 18174 29287 35866 3212027927 TCN-504 20625 37328 37168 34166 26597 39179 30626 35074 TCN-52335484 33905 6079 51296 28380 46941 6750 25599 TCN-202 13876 1366 100332570 945 3036 18026 13796

TABLE 17 Summary of monoclonal antibody transfection supernatantscreening for virus neutralization. % Neutralization A/ Solomon A/Cali-A/Wis- Islands/ fornia/ consin/ Theraclone 3/06 4/09 67/05 mAb ID BCCwell ID H1N1 H1N1 H3N2 Monoclonal TCN-523 5248_A17 82.71 ND NDtransfection TCN-504 3251_K17 0.00 ND 0.00 set 1 TCN-202 2N9 0.00 ND0.00 Monoclonal TCN-522 3212_I12 39.46 ND 0.84 transfection TCN-5265084_C17 10.58 ND 94.26 set 2 TCN-527 5086_C06 17.55 ND 0.00 TCN-5285087_P17 23.92 ND 0.00 TCN-563 5237_B21 88.85 ND 0.00 TCN-504 3251_K177.19 ND 0.00 TCN-523 5248_A17 80.68 ND 0.00 TCN-202 2N9 7.00 ND 0.00Monoclonal TCN-531 5091_H13 0.00 ND 97.30 transfection TCN-530 5248_H1096.95 ND 34.54 set 3 TCN-529 5297_H01 0.00 ND 99.59 TCN-533 5256_A1796.12 ND 32.51 TCN-532 5262_H18 0.00 ND 99.73 TCN-504 3251_K17 0.00 ND10.74 TCN-523 5248_A17 62.19 ND 34.00 TCN-202 2N9 0.00 ND 17.77Monoclonal TCN-535 5246_P19 88.60 97.28 0.00 transfection TCN-5345249_B02 65.66 96.37 0.00 set 4 TCN-536 5095_N01 81.63 18.76 99.88TCN-504 3251_K17 29.68 0.00 0.00 TCN-523 5248_A17 65.54 93.19 0.00TCN-202 2N9 ND ND ND Monoclonal TCN-537 3194_D21 0 71 0 transfectionTCN-538 3206_O17 21 66 0 set 5 TCN-539 5056_A08 0 0 99 TCN-540 5060_F053 0 98 TCN-541 5062_M11 88 0 4 TCN-542 5079_A16 99 15 8 TCN-543 5081_G2398 0 73 TCN-544 5082_A19 0 0 97 TCN-545 5082_I15 88 0 99 TCN-5465089_L08 98 0 100 TCN-547 5092_F11 0 0 88 TCN-548 5092_P01 0 0 96TCN-549 5092_P04 0 0 100 TCN-550 5096_F06 0 0 100 TCN-551 5243_D01 99 746 TCN-552 5249_I23 0 81 14 TCN-553 5261_C18 44 83 5 TCN-554 5277_M05 0 0100 TCN-555 5246_L16 49 89 5 TCN-556 5089_K12 0 0 15 TCN-557 5081_A04 710 0 TCN-558 5248_H10 84 96 7 TCN-559 5097_G08 7 10 12 TCN-560 5084_P100 0 4 TCN-504 3251_K17 0 0 0 TCN-523 5248_A17 39 86 7 TCN-202 2N9 0 0 0

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Although specific embodiments of the invention have been describedherein for purposes of illustration, various modifications may be madewithout deviating from the spirit and scope of the invention.Accordingly, the invention is not limited except as by the appendedclaims.

While the invention has been described in conjunction with the detaileddescription thereof, the foregoing description is intended to illustrateand not limit the scope of the invention, which is defined by the scopeof the appended claims. Other aspects, advantages, and modifications arewithin the scope of the following claims.

The patent and scientific literature referred to herein establishes theknowledge that is available to those with skill in the art. All UnitedStates patents and published or unpublished United States patentapplications cited herein are incorporated by reference. All publishedforeign patents and patent applications cited herein are herebyincorporated by reference. Genbank and NCBI submissions indicated byaccession number cited herein are hereby incorporated by reference. Allother published references, documents, manuscripts and scientificliterature cited herein are hereby incorporated by reference.

While this invention has been particularly shown and described withreferences to preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood bythose skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may bemade therein without departing from the scope of the inventionencompassed by the appended claims.

1. A composition comprising: (a) an isolated human antibody thatspecifically binds to an epitope of the hemagglutinin (HA) glycoproteinof an influenza virus; and (b) an isolated human monoclonal antibodythat specifically binds to an epitope in the extracellular domain of thematrix 2 ectodomain (M2e) polypeptide of an influenza virus.
 2. Thecomposition of claim 1, wherein said isolated human monoclonal antibodythat specifically binds an epitope of the M2e polypeptide is TCN-032(8I10), 21B15, TCN-031 (23K12), 3241_G23, 3244_I10, 3243_J07, 3259_J21,3245_O19, 3244_H04, 3136_G05, 3252_O13, 3255_J06, 3420_I23, 3139_P23,3248_P18, 3253_P10, 3260_I19, 3362_B11, or 3242_P05.
 3. The compositionof claim 1, wherein said isolated human antibody that specifically bindsan epitope of the HA glycoprotein is TCN-522 (3212_I12), TCN-521(3280_D18), TCN-523 (5248_A17), TCN-563 (5237_B21), TCN-526 (5084_C17),TCN-527 (5086_C06), TCN-528 (5087_(—P)17), TCN-529 (5297_H01), TCN-530(5248_H10), TCN-531 (5091_H13), TCN-532 (5262_H18), TCN-533 (5256_A17),TCN-534 (5249_B02), TCN-535 (5246_P19), TCN-536 (5095_N01), TCN-537(3194_D21), TCN-538 (3206_O17), TCN-539 (5056_A08), TCN-540 (5060_F05),TCN-541 (5062_M11), TCN-542 (5079_A16), TCN-543 (5081_G23), TCN-544(5082_A19), TCN-545 (5082_I15), TCN-546 (5089_L08), TCN-547 (5092_F11),TCN-548 (5092_P01), TCN-549 (5092_P04), TCN-550 (5096_F06), TCN-551(5243_D01), TCN-552 (5249_I23), TCN-553 (5261_C18), TCN-554 (5277_M05),TCN-555 (5246_L16), TCN-556 (5089_K12), TCN-557 (5081A04), TCN 558(5248_H10b), TCN-559 (5097_O08), TCN-560 (5084_P10), TCN-504 (3251_K17),SC06-141, SC06-255, SC06-257, SC06-260, SC06-261, SC06-262, SC06-268,SC06-272, SC06-296, SC06-301, SC06-307, SC06-310, SC06-314, SC06-323,SC06-325, SC06-327, SC06-328, SC06-329, SC06-331, SC06-332, SC06-334,SC06-336, SC06-339, SC06-342, SC06-343, SC06-344, CR6141, CR6255,CR6257, CR6260, CR6261, CR6262, CR6268, CR6272, CR6296, CR6301, CR6307,CR6310, CR6314, CR6323, CR6325, CR6327, CR6328, CR6329, CR6331, CR6332,CR6334, CR6336, CR6339, CR6342, CR6343, CR6344, 2A, 1)7, D8, F10, G17,H40, A66, D80, E88, E90, or H98.
 4. The composition of claim 1, whereinsaid epitope of the HA glycoprotein is (SEQ ID NO: 198) GVTNKVNSIIDK,(SEQ ID NO: 283) GVTNKVNSIINK, (SEQ ID NO: 202) GVTNKENSIIDK, (SEQ IDNO: 201) GVTNKVNRIIDK, (SEQ ID NO: 281) 1GITNKVNSVIEK, (SEQ ID NO: 257)GITNKENSVIEK, (SEQ ID NO: 225) GITNKVNSIIDK, and (SEQ ID NO: 216)KITSKVNNIVDK.


5. The composition of claim 1, wherein said epitope of the M2epolypeptide is a discontinuous epitope.
 6. The composition of claim 1,wherein said epitope of the M2e polypeptide comprises, a) the amino acidat positions 2, 5, and 6 of MSLLTEVETPTRNEWGCRCNDSSD (SEQ ID NO: 1); orb) the amino acid at positions 2, 5, and 6 of SLLTEV (SEQ ID NO: 42).7.-10. (canceled)
 11. A multivalent vaccine composition comprising thecomposition of claim
 1. 12. A pharmaceutical composition comprising thecomposition of claim 1 and a pharmaceutical carrier.
 13. A method forstimulating an immune response in a subject, comprising administering tothe subject the composition of claim
 12. 14. A method for the treatmentof an influenza virus infection in a subject in need thereof, comprisingadministering to said subject the composition of claim
 12. 15. Themethod of claim 14, wherein the subject has been exposed to an influenzavirus.
 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the subject has not bediagnosed with an influenza infection.
 17. A method for the preventionof an influenza virus infection in a subject in need thereof, comprisingadministering to said subject the vaccine of claim 11, prior to exposureof said subject to an influenza virus.
 18. The method of claim 14 or 17,wherein the method further comprises administering an anti-viral drug, aviral entry inhibitor or a viral attachment inhibitor.
 19. The method ofclaim 18, wherein said anti-viral drug is a neuraminidase inhibitor, aHA inhibitor, a sialic acid inhibitor or an M2 ion channel.
 20. Themethod of claim 19, wherein said M2 ion channel inhibitor is amantadineor rimantadine.
 21. The method of claim 19, wherein said neuraminidaseinhibitor is zanamivir or oseltamivir phosphate.
 22. The method of claim14 or 17, further comprising administering a second anti-influenza Aantibody.
 23. The method of claim 22, wherein said antibody isadministered prior to or after exposure to Influenza virus.
 24. Themethod of claim 15, wherein the subject is at risk of contracting aninfluenza infection.
 25. The method of claim 14 or 17, wherein saidcomposition is administered at a dose sufficient to promote viralclearance or eliminate influenza infected cells.
 26. A method fordetermining the presence of an influenza virus infection in a subject,comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a biological sample obtainedfrom the subject with the antibody according to claim 1; (b) detectingan amount of the antibody that binds to the biological sample; and (c)comparing the amount of antibody that binds to the biological sample toa control value, and therefrom determining the presence of the Influenzavirus in the subject.
 27. The method of claim 26, wherein the controlvalue is determined by contacting a control sample obtained from thesubject with the antibody according to claim 1 and detecting an amountof the antibody that binds to the control sample.
 28. A diagnostic kitcomprising the composition of claim
 1. 29. A prophylactic kit comprisingthe vaccine according to claim 11.